Foreign body removal cost in Terre Haute, IN — inpatient
In Terre Haute, IN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for removal of a foreign object under the skin, simple as an inpatient: from $795.00 to $1,183.80, with a median of $989.40. The lowest listed price is at Sullivan County Community Hospital — $194.40 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $443.95 at 47 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 Jun 10, 2026 and Jun 10, 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 Terre Haute, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sullivan County Community Hospital lowest Sullivan, IN · (812) 268-4311 Removal of foreign body from tissue, accessed beneath the skin, simple | $795.00 | $1,060.00 | $75.80–$1,060.00 | 25% | Jun 10, 2026 source file |
| St. Vincent Clay Hospital Brazil, IN · (812) 442-2500 REMOVE FOREIGN BODY SIMPLE | $1,183.80 | $1,973.00 | $15.52–$1,905.42 | 40% | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $795.00, median $989.40, highest $1,183.80 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $980.40 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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 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.