Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Removal of foreign body
Low
$1
Average
$1.7k
Median
$1.6k
High
$12.2k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Lake Regional Health System Osage Beach, MO | $1.8k | $2.1k | $479 | 23% | 2–20 | $1.5k – $3.1k |
| 2 | Prisma Health Richland Hospital COLUMBIA, SC | $1.3k | $2.0k | $3.0k | 150% | 2–20 | $953 – $13.2k |
| 3 | OUR LADY OF LOURDES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC. Doing Business As: LOURDES Binghamton, NY | $530 | $1.6k | $1.7k | 104% | 2–20 | $258 – $4.6k |
| 4 | Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital CLINTON, SC | $1.9k | $2.1k | $705 | 34% | 2–20 | $216 – $2.9k |
| 5 | Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge Hospital COLUMBIA, SC | $1.3k | $2.0k | $3.0k | 150% | 2–20 | $953 – $13.2k |
| 6 | St Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center, LTD Twin Falls, ID | $4.1k | $3.7k | $999 | 27% | 1–10 | $2.6k – $4.9k |
| 7 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark, MO | $525 | $948 | $731 | 77% | 1–10 | $130 – $2.3k |
| 8 | Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Charles, LA | $1.4k | $1.9k | $1.1k | 58% | 1–10 | $915 – $4.8k |
| 9 | Hartford Hospital HARTFORD, CT | $416 | $2.3k | $2.4k | 105% | 1–10 | $335 – $5.9k |
| 10 | Dignity Health Santa Cruz, CA | $1.2k | $1.7k | $2.0k | 119% | 1–10 | $129 – $7.0k |
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