Surgery and procedures CPT 10120 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Foreign body removal cost in Huntsville, AL — inpatient

In Huntsville, AL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for removal of a foreign object under the skin, simple as an inpatient: from $516.50 to $516.50, with a median of $516.50. Across Alabama, the median is $963.25 at 12 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 10120, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$516.50Huntsville Hospital
Median$516.50half pay less
Highest$516.50in 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 Huntsville, AL.

median
Lowest $516.50Highest $3,530.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Huntsville Hospital lowest Huntsville, AL · (256) 265-1000 XR-FOREIGN BODY REM SQ TISSUE $516.50 $516.50 $129.13–$516.50 — —
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Huntsville Hospital Huntsville, AL · (256) 265-1000 HWC-I&REMOVE FOREIGN BDY SQ SI $576.00 $576.00 $74.00–$576.00 — —
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Huntsville Hospital Huntsville, AL · (256) 265-1000 PLATE, TITANIUM LCDCP 6H $3,530.00 $3,530.00 $74.00–$2,767.44 — —
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Inpatient: lowest $516.50, median $516.50, highest $516.50.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $2,460.50 — 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 not 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.