Foreign body removal cost in Philadelphia, PA
In Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 23 hospitals list a cash price for removal of a foreign object under the skin, simple: from $63.30 to $2,333.01, with a median of $863.60. The lowest listed price is at Virtua Memorial Hospital and 4 other hospitals — $800.30 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $543.60 at 101 hospitals.
- The median here, $863.60, is 78% above the US median of $484.50.
- That is 2.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($415.32).
- Philadelphia, PA ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in Pennsylvania by median, cheapest first.
- 6 of 23 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 23 facilities across 20 cities for code 10120, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 26, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 31, 2025 and Sep 21, 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virtua Memorial Hospital lowest Mount Holly, NJ · (609) 267-0700 HC Incision & Removal Foreign Body-Sq Tissue Simple File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $63.30 | $633.00 | $86.33–$3,961.00 | 90% |
| Virtua West Jersey Hospital - Marlton lowest Voorhees, NJ · (856) 247-3000 HC Incision & Removal Foreign Body-Sq Tissue Simple File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $63.30 | $633.00 | $86.33–$3,961.00 | 90% |
| Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes lowest Camden, NJ · (856) 886-5373 HC Incision & Removal Foreign Body-Sq Tissue Simple File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $63.30 | $633.00 | $86.33–$3,961.00 | 90% |
| Virtua West Jersey Hospital - Voorhees lowest Voorhees, NJ · (856) 247-3000 HC Incision & Removal Foreign Body-Sq Tissue Simple+1 more line at this price File of Jun 1, 2026 · source file | $63.30 | $633.00 | $86.33–$3,961.00 | 90% |
| Virtua Willingboro Hospital lowest Willinboro, NJ · (609) 835-2900 HC Incision & Removal Foreign Body-Sq Tissue Simple File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $63.30 | $633.00 | $86.33–$3,961.00 | 90% |
| Lower Bucks Hospital Bristol, PA · (215) 785-9200 Hc Remove Foreign Body Simple File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $399.00 | $2,749.00 | $319.93–$2,749.00 | 85% |
| Roxborough Memorial Hospital Philadelphia, PA · (215) 483-9900 Hc Remove Foreign Body Simple File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $415.00 | $1,889.66 | $328.61–$1,889.66 | 78% |
| St Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus Sellersville, PA · (215) 453-4000 HB REMOVE FOREIGN BODY (SIMPLE) File of Feb 26, 2026 · source file | $508.50 | $565.00 | $36.60–$7,390.68 | 10% |
| St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus Quakertown, PA · (267) 985-1000 HB REMOVE FOREIGN BODY (SIMPLE) File of Feb 26, 2026 · source file | $508.50 | $565.00 | $30.50–$1,664.46 | 10% |
| Lankenau Medical Center Wynnewood, PA · (610) 645-2000 Hc Incs & Rem Fb Subq Simple+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $863.60 | $2,159.00 | — | 60% |
| The Bryn Mawr Hospital Bryn Mawr, PA · (610) 526-3000 Hc Remove Foreign B.,Sq,Simple+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $863.60 | $2,159.00 | — | 60% |
| Paoli Hospital Paoli, PA · (610) 648-1000 Hc Remove Foreign B.,Sq,Simple+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $863.60 | $2,159.00 | — | 60% |
| Riddle Memorial Hospital Media, PA · (610) 566-9400 Hc Remove Foreign B.,Sq,Simple+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $863.60 | $2,159.00 | — | 60% |
| Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital Darby, PA · (215) 237-4000 HC Incision & Drainage Foreign Body Subcutaneous Tissues Simple File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $932.75 | $1,435.00 | $41.18–$3,742.00 | 35% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · (215) 590-1000 Remove Foreign Body Subq Tiss Simpl File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $976.22 | $976.22 | $41.18–$878.60 | — |
| Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware Wilmington, DE · (302) 651-4000 Incision and Removal FB+1 more line at this price File of Mar 10, 2026 · source file | $1,175.00 | $1,175.00 | — | — |
| St. Francis Hospital Wilmington, DE · (302) 421-4100 HC Incision & Drainage Foreign Body Subcutaneous Tissues Simple File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $1,202.50 | $1,850.00 | $432.69–$2,719.95 | 35% |
| Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center Meadowbrook, PA · (215) 947-3000 I & D Remove Foreign Body, Simple - ER File of Sep 21, 2026 · source file | $1,535.85 | $2,559.74 | $236.00–$1,971.00 | 40% |
| Inspira Medical Center Mannington Salem, NJ FB Removal Subq Tissue- Simple+1 more line at this price File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $1,886.57 | $1,886.57 | $176.95–$6,872.00 | — |
| Inspira Medical Center Elmer Elmer, NJ · (856) 363-1000 FB Removal Subq Tissue- Simple+1 more line at this price File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $1,886.57 | $1,886.57 | $176.95–$6,872.00 | — |
| Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill Mullica Hill, NJ · (856) 363-1000 FB removal sub-q tissue- simple+1 more line at this price File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $1,886.57 | $1,886.57 | $176.95–$6,872.00 | — |
| Inspira Health Center Woodbury Woodbury, NJ FB Removal Subq Tissue- Simple+1 more line at this price File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $1,886.57 | $1,886.57 | $176.95–$6,872.00 | — |
| St Mary Medical Center Langhorne, PA · (215) 750-2003 HC Incision & Drainage Foreign Body Subcutaneous Tissues Simple File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $2,333.01 | — | $35.08–$3,742.00 | — |
| Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital Darby, PA · (215) 237-4000 HC Incision & Drainage Foreign Body Subcutaneous Tissues Simple File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $15,216.88 | — | $334.11–$3,759.00 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $63.30, median $863.60, highest $2,333.01 — a 36.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $1,053.88. 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 17 of 18 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 5 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.