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Procedure price report · Nonoperative removal of foreign body

Simple removal of an object lodged in the mouth lining

CPT 40804the billing code this page is about

Removal of a foreign object embedded in the tissue lining the inside of the lips or cheeks, in a straightforward case.

Hospitals typically charge $650 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,505 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $696. Most fall between $241 and $1,404 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,505
States
49
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,505 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$140$309$650$1,211$2,265

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($140 vs $2,265).

How the prices are spread

$95 – $134: 63 hospitals$95$134 – $189: 92 hospitals$189 – $268: 95 hospitals$189$268 – $379: 145 hospitals$379 – $536: 194 hospitals$379$536 – $759: 197 hospitals$759 – $1,074: 194 hospitals$759$1,074 – $1,519: 176 hospitals$1,519 – $2,150: 113 hospitals$1,519$2,150 – $3,042: 86 hospitals$2,150median $650price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,355 of 1,505 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$95$13463
$134$18992
$189$26895
$268$379145
$379$536194
$536$759197
$759$1,074194
$1,074$1,519176
$1,519$2,150113
$2,150$3,04286

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$927
Median cash price$650
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.70×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $650.

Alaska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $321 across 10 hospitalsME$321Vermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $412 across 45 hospitalsWA$412Idaho: median $2,526 across 10 hospitalsID$2,526Montana: median $508 across 10 hospitalsMT$508North Dakota: median $760 across 12 hospitalsND$760Minnesota: median $682 across 36 hospitalsMN$682Illinois: median $480 across 51 hospitalsIL$480Wisconsin: median $731 across 45 hospitalsWI$731Michigan: median $920 across 50 hospitalsMI$920New York: median $1,109 across 69 hospitalsNY$1,109Massachusetts: median $1,001 across 30 hospitalsMA$1,001Oregon: median $530 across 35 hospitalsOR$530Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $409 across 37 hospitalsIA$409Indiana: median $190 across 32 hospitalsIN$190Ohio: median $876 across 48 hospitalsOH$876Pennsylvania: median $1,033 across 67 hospitalsPA$1,033New Jersey: median $1,700 across 35 hospitalsNJ$1,700Connecticut: median $575 across 12 hospitalsCT$575Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $650 across 111 hospitalsCA$650Utah: median $437 across 24 hospitalsUT$437Colorado: median $943 across 26 hospitalsCO$943Nebraska: median $397 across 33 hospitalsNE$397Missouri: median $298 across 32 hospitalsMO$298Kentucky: median $190 across 14 hospitalsKY$190West Virginia: median $507 across 25 hospitalsWV$507Virginia: median $825 across 44 hospitalsVA$825Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $224 across 12 hospitalsAZ$224New Mexico: median $403 across 16 hospitalsNM$403Kansas: median $334 across 31 hospitalsKS$334Arkansas: median $510 across 12 hospitalsAR$510Tennessee: median $384 across 24 hospitalsTN$384North Carolina: median $360 across 50 hospitalsNC$360South Carolina: median $753 across 37 hospitalsSC$753Oklahoma: median $189 across 33 hospitalsOK$189Louisiana: median $379 across 28 hospitalsLA$379Mississippi: median $115 across 31 hospitalsMS$115Alabama: median $506 across 13 hospitalsAL$506Georgia: median $565 across 37 hospitalsGA$565Hawaii: median $2,239 across 11 hospitalsHI$2,239Texas: median $843 across 105 hospitalsTX$843Florida: median $1,233 across 66 hospitalsFL$1,233
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $650. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID10$2,526+289%$442 – $2,526
Hawaii HI11$2,239+245%$1,124 – $2,591
New Jersey NJ35$1,700+162%$1,038 – $4,881
Florida FL66$1,233+90%$520 – $3,143
New York NY69$1,109+71%$345 – $2,097
Pennsylvania PA67$1,033+59%$105 – $1,227
Massachusetts MA30$1,001+54%$345 – $1,650
Colorado CO26$943+45%$780 – $1,225
Michigan MI50$920+42%$162 – $1,956
Ohio OH48$876+35%$431 – $2,803
Texas TX105$843+30%$634 – $1,340
Virginia VA44$825+27%$384 – $1,537
North Dakota ND12$760+17%$618 – $1,381
South Carolina SC37$753+16%$405 – $4,259
Wisconsin WI45$731+12%$432 – $1,058
Minnesota MN36$682+5%$257 – $1,058
California CA111$6500%$530 – $1,489
Connecticut CT12$575−12%$187 – $1,528
Georgia GA37$565−13%$162 – $1,818
Oregon OR35$530−18%$360 – $1,750
Arkansas AR12$510−21%$226 – $1,580
Montana MT10$508−22%$203 – $630
West Virginia WV25$507−22%$141 – $1,295
Alabama AL13$506−22%$144 – $1,071
Illinois IL51$480−26%$210 – $921
Utah UT24$437−33%$363 – $466
Washington WA45$412−37%$251 – $950
Iowa IA37$409−37%$204 – $647
New Mexico NM16$403−38%$137 – $886
Nebraska NE33$397−39%$243 – $540
Tennessee TN24$384−41%$229 – $474
Louisiana LA28$379−42%$136 – $744
North Carolina NC50$360−45%$107 – $1,145
Kansas KS31$334−49%$177 – $854
Maine ME10$321−51%$145 – $764
Missouri MO32$298−54%$180 – $784
Arizona AZ12$224−66%$224 – $735
Indiana IN32$190−71%$71 – $757
Kentucky KY14$190−71%$104 – $454
Oklahoma OK33$189−71%$177 – $838
Mississippi MS31$115−82%$89 – $277
Alaska AK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $650.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,128$710$295 – $1,537
Children’s29$453$221 – $1,124
Critical access345$409$175 – $934
Ownership
For-profit133$692$224 – $1,740
Government263$463$184 – $1,214
Non-profit1,106$655$275 – $1,418
System affiliation
Part of a system1,243$655$269 – $1,462
Independent262$480$205 – $1,214

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,056
Median cash price$650
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,138 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $650 and the average of the middle 60% is $721; most fall between $275 and $1,537.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,138 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$142$345$650$1,310$2,357

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($142 vs $2,357).

Of the 1,211 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,138 gave a usable cash price; 28 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 45 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,505 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (38%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,608 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,505
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here48
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded53
Hospitals that filed this code1,608

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Nonoperative removal of foreign body family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Rmvl Embedded FB Vestibule Mouth Smpl.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Simple removal of an object lodged in the mouth lining (CPT 40804) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-40804-simple-removal-of-an-object-lodged-in-the-mouth-lining