Surgery and procedures CPT 69209 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Ear irrigation cost in Evansville, IN — inpatient

In Evansville, IN, 3 hospitals list a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear as an inpatient: from $19.25 to $280.80, with a median of $280.80. The lowest listed price is at Deaconess Hospital — $261.55 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $124.60 at 50 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 69209, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 11, 2026 and Feb 13, 2026.

Lowest$19.25Deaconess Hospital
Median$280.80half pay less
Highest$280.80in this market
Difference14.6×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 Evansville, IN.

median
Lowest $19.25Highest $280.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Deaconess Hospital one side lowest Newburgh, IN PR REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LVG UNILAT $19.25 $55.00 $9.29–$48.40 65% Feb 11, 2026
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Deaconess Hospital one side lowest Newburgh, IN PR REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LVG UNILAT $19.25 $55.00 $9.29–$33.00 65% Feb 13, 2026
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Deaconess Hospital one side Newburgh, IN HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LVG UNILAT $114.84 $348.00 $114.84–$306.24 67% Feb 11, 2026
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Ascension St Vincent Evansville Evansville, IN · (812) 485-4000 REM IMPAC EARWAX IRRIG/LAV UNI $280.80 $468.00 $2.54–$443.28 40% —
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Ascension St Vincent Warrick Boonville, IN · (812) 897-4800 REM IMPAC EARWAX IRRIG/LAV UNI $280.80 $468.00 $1.85–$443.28 40% —
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Ascension St Vincent Warrick Boonville, IN · (812) 897-4800 REM IMPAC EARWAX IRRIG/LAV UNI $280.80 $468.00 $1.85–$443.28 40% —
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Inpatient: lowest $19.25, median $280.80, highest $280.80 — a 14.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $280.80 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 of 3 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.