Foreign body removal cost in Charlotte, NC
In Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, 14 hospitals list a cash price for removal of a foreign object under the skin, simple: from $248.40 to $1,961.00, with a median of $447.50. The lowest listed price is at Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital — $199.10 less than the median here. Across North Carolina, the median is $447.50 at 53 hospitals.
- The median here, $447.50, is 8% below the US median of $484.50.
- That is 1.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($415.32).
- 3 of 14 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 14 facilities across 11 cities for code 10120, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 11, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital lowest Mooresville, NC · (704) 660-4000 Incisn/Rmvl FB Subq Smpl+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $248.40 | $920.00 | $80.78–$755.00 | 73% |
| MUSC Chester Regional Medical Center Chester, SC · (803) 581-3151 HB INCIS/REM FB/SUBQ/SIMPLE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $297.50 | $595.00 | — | 50% |
| Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton, NC · (980) 212-2000 HC REMOVAL FOREIGN BODY SIMPLE+1 more line at this price File of Oct 29, 2026 · source file | $447.50 | $895.00 | $97.29–$850.25 | 50% |
| Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro, NC · (704) 694-5131 HC ER REMOVAL FOREIGN BODY SIMPLE+1 more line at this price File of Oct 28, 2026 · source file | $447.50 | $895.00 | $127.00–$850.25 | 50% |
| Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte, NC · (704) 379-5000 HC ER REMOVAL FOREIGN BODY SIMPLE+1 more line at this price File of Oct 29, 2026 · source file | $447.50 | $895.00 | $87.98–$823.40 | 50% |
| Atrium Health Union Monroe, NC · (704) 283-3100 HC ER REMOVAL FOREIGN BODY SIMPLE+1 more line at this price File of Oct 29, 2026 · source file | $447.50 | $895.00 | $113.04–$850.25 | 50% |
| Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC · (704) 355-2000 HC ER REMOVAL FOREIGN BODY SIMPLE+3 more lines at this price File of Oct 29, 2026 · source file | $447.50 | $895.00 | $148.33–$879.37 | 50% |
| Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast Concord, NC · (704) 783-3000 HC REMOVAL FOREIGN BODY SIMPLE+1 more line at this price File of Nov 4, 2026 · source file | $447.50 | $895.00 | $106.24–$850.25 | 50% |
| Atrium Health Mercy, a facility of Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC HC ER REMOVAL FOREIGN BODY SIMPLE+1 more line at this price File of Oct 29, 2026 · source file | $447.50 | $895.00 | $148.33–$879.37 | 50% |
| Atrium Health University City Charlotte, NC · (704) 548-6000 HC ER REMOVAL FOREIGN BODY SIMPLE+1 more line at this price File of Oct 29, 2026 · source file | $447.50 | $895.00 | $87.35–$868.15 | 50% |
| MUSC Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster, SC · (803) 286-1481 HB INCIS/REM FB/SUBQ/SIMPLE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $583.00 | $1,166.00 | — | 50% |
| CaroMont Regional Medical Center - Gastonia Gastonia, NC · (704) 834-4891 HCHG ASC RMV FB SUBQ TISSUE SIMPLE File of May 11, 2026 · source file | $1,961.00 | $1,961.00 | $295.13–$2,325.00 | — |
| Gaston Memorial Hospital Mount Holly, NC · (704) 834-4891 HCHG ASC RMV FB SUBQ TISSUE SIMPLE File of May 11, 2026 · source file | $1,961.00 | $1,961.00 | $295.13–$2,325.00 | — |
| Gaston Memorial Hospital Belmont, NC · (704) 834-4891 HCHG ASC RMV FB SUBQ TISSUE SIMPLE File of May 11, 2026 · source file | $1,961.00 | $1,961.00 | $295.13–$2,325.00 | — |
| Gaston Memorial Hospital Mount Holly, NC · (704) 834-4891 HCHG REMOVE FB SUBC TISS SIMPLE File of May 11, 2026 · source file | $1,966.00 | $1,966.00 | $295.88–$1,867.70 | — |
| Gaston Memorial Hospital Belmont, NC · (704) 834-4891 HCHG REMOVE FB SUBC TISS SIMPLE File of May 11, 2026 · source file | $1,966.00 | $1,966.00 | $295.88–$1,867.70 | — |
| CaroMont Regional Medical Center - Gastonia Gastonia, NC · (704) 834-4891 HCHG REMOVE FB SUBC TISS SIMPLE File of May 11, 2026 · source file | $1,966.00 | $1,966.00 | $295.88–$1,867.70 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $248.40, median $447.50, highest $1,961.00 — a 7.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $447.50. 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 12 of 12 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. 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 foreign body removal is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Foreign body removal explained.