Foreign body removal cost in Riverside, CA
In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 22 hospitals list a cash price for removal of a foreign object under the skin, simple: from $188.00 to $1,647.00, with a median of $888.73. The lowest listed price is at Mountains Community Hospital — $700.73 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $983.94 at 174 hospitals.
- The median here, $888.73, is 83% above the US median of $484.50.
- That is 2.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($415.32).
- Riverside, CA ranks 3rd of 5 metro areas in California by median, cheapest first.
- 5 of 22 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 22 facilities across 19 cities for code 10120, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 4, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 14, 2026 and Sep 2, 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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountains Community Hospital lowest Lake Arrowhead, CA · (909) 336-3651 INC&RMVL FB SUBQ TISS SMPL File of Jan 14, 2026 · source file | $188.00 | $470.00 | $211.50–$399.50 | 60% |
| San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Banning, CA · (951) 769-2101 REMOVAL OF FOREIGN BODY FROM TISSUE; ACCESSED BENEATH THE SKIN; SIMPLE File of May 20, 2026 · source file | $252.05 | $1,260.23 | $215.60–$1,560.87 | 80% |
| Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CA · (760) 340-3911 HC I+D FB,Subq,Simp File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file | $258.81 | $995.00 | $93.61–$6,471.00 | 74% |
| San Antonio Regional Hospital Upland, CA · (909) 985-2811 Removal of foreign body from tissue, accessed beneath the skin, simple File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file | $432.00 | $3,736.00 | $74.23–$5,417.20 | 88% |
| Mountains Community Hospital Lake Arrowhead, CA · (909) 336-3651 I&R FB SUBQ TISS SMPL File of Jan 14, 2026 · source file | $468.80 | $1,172.00 | $527.40–$996.20 | 60% |
| Palo Verde Hospital Blythe, CA · (760) 922-4115 10120-Subcutaneous Tissue Simple File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $488.13 | $650.84 | — | 25% |
| Desert Valley Hospital Victorville, CA · (760) 241-8000 INCISION/REM FB SUBQ SMP File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $520.00 | $1,463.10 | $74.23–$1,463.10 | 64% |
| Montclair Hospital Medical Center Montclair, CA · (909) 625-8300 Hc Remove Foreign Body Simple File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $520.00 | $2,059.37 | $74.23–$2,059.37 | 75% |
| Chino Valley Medical Center Chino, CA · (909) 627-6111 Hc Remove Foreign Body Simple File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $520.00 | $2,059.37 | $74.23–$2,059.37 | 75% |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta Murrieta, CA · (951) 290-4000 HC INC & REM FB SUBQ TISSUE File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $540.45 | $1,201.00 | $217.38–$9,616.00 | 55% |
| Bear Valley Community Hospital Big Bear Lake, CA · (909) 866-6501 ID OF FOREIGN BODY SIMPLE File of Jun 11, 2026 · source file | $726.25 | $1,037.50 | $394.55–$2,216.31 | 30% |
| Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-8000 HC INC & REM FB SUBQ TISSUE File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $810.45 | $1,801.00 | $98.33–$5,641.00 | 55% |
| Bear Valley Community Hospital Big Bear Lake, CA · (909) 866-6501 REM FB SUBQ SIMPLE File of Jun 11, 2026 · source file | $820.67 | $1,172.38 | $457.23–$1,055.14 | 30% |
| Victor Valley Global Medical Center Victorville, CA · (760) 245-8691 ED-REMOVAL FOREIGN BDY SKIN SIMPLE INCIS+1 more line at this price File of May 13, 2026 · source file | $967.00 | $967.00 | $61.06–$1,075.00 | — |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Inc & Rem FB Subq Tissue+1 more line at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $988.17 | $988.17 | $140.63–$988.17 | — |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 INCISION & REMOVAL FOREIGN BODY SUBQ TISS SIMPLE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,071.20 | $2,060.00 | $396.00–$1,179.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 INCISION & REMOVAL FOREIGN BODY SUBQ TISS SIMPLE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,071.20 | $2,060.00 | $396.00–$1,179.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 INCISION & REMOVAL FOREIGN BODY SUBQ TISS SIMPLE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,071.20 | $2,060.00 | $396.00–$1,179.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Ontario Medical Center Campus Ontario, CA · (909) 427-5000 INCISION & REMOVAL FOREIGN BODY SUBQ TISS SIMPLE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,071.20 | $2,060.00 | $396.00–$1,179.00 | 48% |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-4000 HC INC & REM FB SUBQ TISSUE File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $1,096.65 | $2,437.00 | $98.33–$5,523.00 | 55% |
| St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA · (760) 242-2311 HC ED REMOVE FOREIGN BODY SIMPLE CDM File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,138.56 | $2,372.00 | — | 52% |
| Hemet Global Medical Center Hemet, CA · (951) 652-2811 ER-REM FOREIGN BDY SIMPLE File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file | $1,153.00 | $1,153.00 | $61.06–$3,250.00 | — |
| Menifee Global Medical Center Menifee, CA · (951) 679-8888 ER-REM FOREIGN BDY SIMPLE File of May 20, 2026 · source file | $1,153.00 | $1,153.00 | $61.06–$3,250.00 | — |
| San Antonio Regional Hospital Upland, CA · (909) 985-2811 Removal of foreign body from tissue, accessed beneath the skin, simple File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file | $1,412.00 | $3,736.00 | $74.23–$5,417.20 | 62% |
| San Bernardino County Colton, CA · (909) 580-1000 HC REMOVE FOREIGN BODY SIMPLE File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file | $1,647.00 | $1,647.00 | $140.63–$1,194.08 | — |
| Bear Valley Community Hospital Big Bear Lake, CA · (909) 866-6501 LEVEL 1 ID FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL File of Jun 11, 2026 · source file | $1,723.80 | $2,462.57 | $394.55–$2,216.31 | 30% |
Outpatient: lowest $188.00, median $888.73, highest $1,647.00 — a 8.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 16 facilities here, median $1,071.20. 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 18 of 20 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 10120 ($442.61). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Redlands Community Hospital Redlands, CARemoval of foreign body from tissue, accessed beneath the skin, simple | $24.72 | file |