Ear irrigation cost in Eureka, CA
In Eureka-Arcata, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear: from $90.27 to $689.52, with a median of $389.90. The lowest listed price is at Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital — $299.63 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $177.52 at 87 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 69209, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Eureka-Arcata, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital one side lowest Fortuna, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC PR 69209 REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LVG UNILAT RHC | $90.27 | $177.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC ED REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI CDM | $612.51 | $1,201.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC ED REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI CDM | $689.52 | $1,352.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $90.27, median $389.90, highest $689.52 — a 7.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $651.02. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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.