Surgery and procedures CPT 10120 Outpatient

Foreign body removal cost in Columbus, NC

In Columbus, NC, 1 hospital lists a cash price for removal of a foreign object under the skin, simple: from $519.23 to $519.23, with a median of $519.23. Across North Carolina, the median is $429.45 at 37 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 10120, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$519.23AdventHealth Polk
Median$519.23half pay less
Highest$519.23in 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 Columbus, NC.

median
Lowest $519.23Highest $768.60

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
AdventHealth Polk lowest Columbus, NC · (828) 894-3311 HC CAH II REM FOREIGN BODY SUBQ TISS SIMPLE $519.23 $519.23 — — Apr 1, 2026
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AdventHealth Polk Columbus, NC · (828) 894-3311 HC REMOVE FOREIGN BODY SIMPLE $768.60 $768.60 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $519.23, median $519.23, highest $519.23.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $519.23. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.