Surgery and procedures CPT 10120 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Foreign body removal cost in Boulder, CO — inpatient

In Boulder, CO, 1 hospital lists a cash price for removal of a foreign object under the skin, simple as an inpatient: from $1,857.78 to $1,857.78, with a median of $1,857.78. Across Colorado, the median is $270.86 at 11 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 10120, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,857.78AdventHealth Avista
Median$1,857.78half pay less
Highest$1,857.78in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
AdventHealth Avista Louisville, CO · (303) 673-1000 HC REMOVE FOREIGN BODY SIMPLE $1,857.78 $1,857.78 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $1,857.78, median $1,857.78, highest $1,857.78.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,857.78 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.