Foreign body removal cost in South Carolina
In South Carolina, 39 hospitals publish a cash price for removal of a foreign object under the skin, simple: from $200.00 to $9,050.10, with a median of $567.60. The lowest price is at AnMed Health (Anderson) and 2 other hospitals. The highest price is 45.3× the lowest.
- The median here, $567.60, is 17% above the US median of $484.50.
- That is 1.4× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($415.32).
- South Carolina ranks 36th of 50 states by median, cheapest first.
- 4 of 39 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 10120. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$200.00AnMed Health + 2 more
Median$567.60half of hospitals charge less
Highest$9,050.10in South Carolina
Lowest saves$367.60vs the median
Hospitals in South Carolina, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AnMed Health lowest Anderson · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC HC Incision & Removal Foreign Body Subq Tiss Simple | $200.00 | $400.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| AnMed Health Cannon lowest Pickens · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC HC Incision & Removal Foreign Body Subq Tiss Simple | $200.00 | $400.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| AnMed Piedmont lowest Piedmont · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC HC Incision & Removal Foreign Body Subq Tiss Simple | $200.00 | $400.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades · Cades, SC HB INCIS/REM FB/SUBQ/SIMPLE | $261.00 | $522.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Chester Regional Medical Center Chester · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HB INCIS/REM FB/SUBQ/SIMPLE | $297.50 | $595.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Cherokee Medical Center Gaffney · Gaffney, SC Pbb PR Remove Foreign Body Simple | $300.60 | $501.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Pelham Medical Center Greer · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Pbb PR Remove Foreign Body Simple | $300.60 | $501.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Spartanburg Hospital For Restorative Care Spartanburg · Spartanburg, SC Pbb PR Remove Foreign Body Simple | $300.60 | $501.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Spartanburg Medical Center Spartanburg · Spartanburg, SC Pbb PR Remove Foreign Body Simple | $300.60 | $501.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Union Medical Center Union · Spartanburg, SC Pbb PR Remove Foreign Body Simple | $300.60 | $501.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Health Marion Medical Center Mullins · Mullins, SC HB INCIS/REM FB/SUBQ/SIMPLE | $329.00 | $658.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Northeast Columbia · Columbia, SC HB INCIS/REM FB/SUBQ/SIMPLE | $355.50 | $711.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Musc Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown Columbia · Columbia, SC HB INCIS/REM FB/SUBQ/SIMPLE | $355.50 | $711.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Health - Orangeburg Orangeburg · Orangeburg, SC HB INCIS/REM FB/SUBQ/SIMPLE | $361.00 | $722.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Medical Center Charleston · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HB INCIS/REM FB/SUBQ/SIMPLE | $361.00 | $722.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Edgefield County Healthcare An Affiliate of Self R Edgefield · Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC HC Incision/Rem FB Subq Smp | $430.21 | $717.01 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood · Greenwood, SC HC Incision/Rem FB Subq Smp | $430.21 | $717.01 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Abbeville Area Medical Center Abbeville · Greenwood, SC HC Incision/Rem FB Subq Smp | $501.91 | $717.01 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Kershaw Medical Center Camden · Columbia, SC HB INCIS/REM FB/SUBQ/SIMPLE | $504.00 | $1,008.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Beaufort Memorial Hospital Beaufort · Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC REMOVE FOREIGN BODY SQ SIMPLE | $567.60 | $946.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HB INCIS/REM FB/SUBQ/SIMPLE | $583.00 | $1,166.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence · Florence, SC HB INCIS/REM FB/SUBQ/SIMPLE | $607.00 | $1,214.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Francis Downtown Hospital Greenville · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC HC Removal FB Skin | $751.20 | $1,252.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Francis-Eastside Greenville · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC HC Removal FB Skin | $751.20 | $1,252.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Conway Medical Center Conway · Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Incision and removal of foreign body subcutaneous | $867.00 | $867.00 | May 20, 2026 source file |
| Grand Strand Medical Center Myrtle Beach · Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC INCS/REM FB SUBQ SIMPLE | $1,321.00 | $1,321.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| McLeod Health Carolina Forest Myrtle Beach · Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC HC REMOVE FOREIGN BODY SIMPLE | $1,351.84 | $1,904.00 | Jul 20, 2026 source file |
| McLeod Health Cheraw Cheraw · Cheraw, SC HC REMOVE FOREIGN BODY SIMPLE | $1,351.84 | $1,904.00 | Jul 20, 2026 source file |
| McLeod Health Clarendon Manning · Manning, SC HC REMOVE FOREIGN BODY SIMPLE | $1,351.84 | $1,904.00 | Jul 20, 2026 source file |
| McLeod Loris Hospital Loris · Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC HC REMOVE FOREIGN BODY SIMPLE | $1,351.84 | $1,904.00 | Jul 20, 2026 source file |
| McLeod Medical Center - Dillon Dillon · Dillon, SC HC REMOVE FOREIGN BODY SIMPLE | $1,351.84 | $1,904.00 | Jul 20, 2026 source file |
| McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee Dee Florence · Florence, SC HC REMOVE FOREIGN BODY SIMPLE | $1,351.84 | $1,904.00 | Jul 21, 2026 source file |
| McLeod Seacoast E Little River · Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC HC REMOVE FOREIGN BODY SIMPLE | $1,351.84 | $1,904.00 | Jul 20, 2026 source file |
| Bon Secours St Francis Xavier Hospital Charleston · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HC Removal FB Skin | $2,409.55 | $3,707.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Roper Hospital Charleston · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HC Removal FB Skin | $2,409.55 | $3,707.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Roper St Francis Hospital Berkeley Summerville · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HC Removal FB Skin | $2,409.55 | $3,707.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Roper St Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital Mount Pleasant · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HC Removal FB Skin | $2,409.55 | $3,707.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lexington Medical Center West Columbia · Columbia, SC Hc Incision & Removal Of Foreign,Simp | $2,433.00 | $2,433.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Shriners Childrens - Greenville Greenville · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC REMOVAL OF FOREIGN BODY FROM TISSUE; ACCESSED BENEATH THE SKIN; SIMPLE | $9,050.10 | $9,050.10 | Mar 18, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 7 | $200.00 | $300.60 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 5 | $361.00 | $2,409.55 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 5 | $867.00 | $1,351.84 |
| Columbia, SC | 4 | $355.50 | $429.75 |
| Spartanburg, SC | 3 | $300.60 | $300.60 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 2 | $297.50 | $440.25 |
| Florence, SC | 2 | $607.00 | $979.42 |
| Greenwood, SC | 2 | $430.21 | $466.06 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 1 | $430.21 | $430.21 |
| Cades, SC | 1 | $261.00 | $261.00 |
| Cheraw, SC | 1 | $1,351.84 | $1,351.84 |
| Dillon, SC | 1 | $1,351.84 | $1,351.84 |
| Gaffney, SC | 1 | $300.60 | $300.60 |
| Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 1 | $567.60 | $567.60 |
| Manning, SC | 1 | $1,351.84 | $1,351.84 |
| Mullins, SC | 1 | $329.00 | $329.00 |
| Orangeburg, SC | 1 | $361.00 | $361.00 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What foreign body removal is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Foreign body removal explained.
Removal of a foreign object under the skin, simple in other states
- Alabama$516.50
- Alaska$591.00
- Arizona$800.42
- Arkansas$352.00
- California$983.94
- Colorado$608.38
- Connecticut$642.00
- Delaware$786.96
- District of Columbia$764.39, 3 hospitals
- Florida$982.80
- Georgia$1,116.30
- Hawaii$888.30
- Idaho$342.47
- Illinois$482.50
- Indiana$615.60
- Iowa$293.00
- Kansas$371.50
- Kentucky$395.96
- Louisiana$278.40
- Maine$242.85
- Maryland$490.59
- Massachusetts$549.50
- Michigan$369.00
- Minnesota$409.31
- Mississippi$279.00
- Missouri$491.06
- Montana$311.13
- Nebraska$346.95
- Nevada$452.75
- New Hampshire$306.81
- New Jersey$544.82
- New Mexico$591.81
- New York$644.15
- North Carolina$447.50
- North Dakota$426.68
- Ohio$670.35
- Oklahoma$365.30
- Oregon$405.80
- Pennsylvania$543.60
- Puerto Rico$103.83, 3 hospitals
- Rhode Island$489.00
- South Dakota$644.00
- Tennessee$301.95
- Texas$524.59
- Utah$423.68
- Vermont$492.00
- Virginia$561.50
- Washington$551.02
- West Virginia$389.50
- Wisconsin$334.29
- Wyoming$295.58
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.