Surgery and procedures CPT 69209 Outpatient

Ear irrigation cost in Dothan, AL

In Dothan, AL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear: from $71.13 to $1,111.73, with a median of $591.43. The lowest listed price is at Southeast Health Medical Center — $520.30 less than the median here. Across Alabama, the median is $99.84 at 29 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 69209, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$71.13Southeast Health Medical Center
Median$591.43half pay less
Highest$1,111.73in this market
Difference15.6×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 Dothan, AL.

median
Lowest $71.13Highest $1,111.73

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Southeast Health Medical Center lowest Dothan, AL · (334) 793-8701 REMOVAL OF IMPACTED EAR WAX BY WASHING $71.13 $177.83 $56.55–$572.22 60% —
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Southeast Health Medical Center Dothan, AL · (334) 793-8701 REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI $73.26 $183.16 $56.55–$572.22 60% —
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Flowers Hospital Dothan, AL · (334) 793-5000 REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI $1,111.73 $7,411.54 $13.12–$6,670.39 85% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $71.13, median $591.43, highest $1,111.73 — a 15.6× difference within the same market.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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.