Ear irrigation cost in Fort Smith, AR
In Fort Smith, AR-OK, 2 hospitals list a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear (one side of the body): from $201.50 to $230.10, with a median of $215.80. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Health - Fort Smith — $14.30 less than the median here. Across Arkansas, the median is $59.40 at 35 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 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fort Smith, AR-OK.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Health - Fort Smith one side lowest Fort Smith, AR · (479) 441-4000 69209 - REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION-LVG UNILAT | $201.50 | $806.00 | $57.14–$806.00 | 75% | — source file |
| Baptist Health - Van Buren one side Van Buren, AR · (479) 474-3401 69209 - REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION-LVG UNILAT | $230.10 | $920.40 | $57.14–$806.00 | 75% | — source file |
One side of the body : lowest $201.50, median $215.80, highest $230.10 — a 1.1× 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.