Surgery and procedures CPT 10120 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Foreign body removal cost in Elizabeth City, NC — inpatient

In Elizabeth City, NC, 1 hospital lists a cash price for removal of a foreign object under the skin, simple as an inpatient: from $480.50 to $480.50, with a median of $480.50. Across North Carolina, the median is $429.45 at 37 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$480.50Sentara Albemarle Regional Medical Center
Median$480.50half pay less
Highest$480.50in 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 Elizabeth City, NC.

median
Lowest $480.50Highest $497.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Sentara Albemarle Regional Medical Center lowest Elizabeth City, NC · (252) 335-0531 Spec-Fb Removal Subcuta Tissue $480.50 $961.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Albemarle Regional Medical Center Elizabeth City, NC · (252) 335-0531 10120 I&Fb Removal Subq-Simple $497.50 $995.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Albemarle Regional Medical Center Elizabeth City, NC · (252) 335-0531 I&Fb Removal Subq-Simple $497.50 $995.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $480.50, median $480.50, highest $480.50.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $480.50 — 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.