Surgery and procedures CPT 10120 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Foreign body removal cost in Corning, NY — inpatient

In Corning, NY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for removal of a foreign object under the skin, simple as an inpatient: from $160.11 to $204.62, with a median of $182.37. The lowest listed price is at St. James Hospital — $22.26 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $511.76 at 64 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 10120, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$160.11St. James Hospital
Median$182.37half pay less
Highest$204.62in this market
Difference1.3×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 Corning, NY.

median
Lowest $160.11Highest $450.24

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
St. James Hospital lowest Hornell, NY · (607) 324-8000 PR INCISION & REMOVAL FOREIGN BODY SUBQ TISS SIMPLE $160.11 $268.50 — 40% —
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Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Removal of F/B Simple Tc $204.62 $255.78 $39.65–$482.24 20% —
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Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Inc & Rem FB, Sq; Smpl $362.20 $452.75 $39.65–$482.24 20% —
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Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Incision and Removal Foreign Body Subq Tiss Simple $450.24 $562.80 $47.72 20% —
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Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Incision & Removal of FB-Simple $450.24 $562.80 $39.65–$482.24 20% —
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Inpatient: lowest $160.11, median $182.37, highest $204.62 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $160.11 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.