Surgery and procedures CPT 10120 Outpatient

Foreign body removal cost in Ashland, OH

In Ashland, OH, 1 hospital lists a cash price for removal of a foreign object under the skin, simple: from $210.75 to $210.75, with a median of $210.75. Across Ohio, the median is $645.60 at 93 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 10120, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jul 14, 2026 and Jul 14, 2026.

Lowest$210.75University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center
Median$210.75half pay less
Highest$210.75in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Ashland, OH.

median
Lowest $210.75Highest $1,857.75

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center lowest Ashland, OH · (419) 289-0491 HC REMOVE FOREIGN BODY SIMPLE URG CARE $210.75 $281.00 $96.38–$709.63 25% Jul 14, 2026
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University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center Ashland, OH · (419) 289-0491 HC REMOVE FOREIGN BODY SIMPLE $1,857.75 $2,477.00 $394.24–$2,254.07 25% Jul 14, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $210.75, median $210.75, highest $210.75.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $210.75. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

This code covers a simple removal of a foreign object such as glass, a splinter or metal from under the skin.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the procedure and numbing.