Surgery and procedures CPT 69209 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Ear irrigation cost in Dickinson, ND — inpatient

In Dickinson, ND, 1 hospital lists a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear as an inpatient: from $23.31 to $23.31, with a median of $23.31. Across North Dakota, the median is $80.24 at 9 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 69209, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$23.31St Joseph's Hospital and Health Center
Median$23.31half pay less
Highest$23.31in 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 Dickinson, ND.

median
Lowest $23.31Highest $151.20

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
St Joseph's Hospital and Health Center lowest Dickinson, ND · (701) 456-4000 REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX IMC $23.31 $37.00 $25.90–$35.89 37% Feb 28, 2026
source file
St Joseph's Hospital and Health Center Dickinson, ND · (701) 456-4000 REM CERUMEN IMPACTED ER $151.20 $240.00 $168.00–$232.80 37% Feb 28, 2026
source file

Inpatient: lowest $23.31, median $23.31, highest $23.31.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $23.31 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated and 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 rinsing impacted earwax out of one ear with water or saline.

What the price covers

The price is for one ear.