Surgery and procedures CPT 69209 Outpatient

Ear irrigation cost in Gloversville, NY

In Gloversville, NY, 1 hospital lists a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear: from $16.00 to $16.00, with a median of $16.00. Across New York, the median is $102.54 at 81 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 —.

Lowest$16.00Nathan Littauer Hospital Association
Median$16.00half pay less
Highest$16.00in 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 Gloversville, NY.

median
Lowest $16.00Highest $46.40
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Nathan Littauer Hospital Association lowest Gloversville, NY · (518) 725-8621 REMOVE IMPACT CERUMEN IRRIGAT $16.00 $20.00 $14.06–$18.80 20% —
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Nathan Littauer Hospital Association one side Gloversville, NY · (518) 725-8621 CERUMEN REMOVAL LAVAGE LT $16.00 $20.00 $166.28 20% —
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Nathan Littauer Hospital Association one side Gloversville, NY · (518) 725-8621 CERUMEN REMOVAL LAVAGE RT $16.00 $20.00 $166.28 20% —
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Nathan Littauer Hospital Association both sides Gloversville, NY · (518) 725-8621 CERUMEN REMOVAL LAVAGE BILAT $46.40 $58.00 $166.28 20% —
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Outpatient: lowest $16.00, median $16.00, highest $16.00.

Both sides : lowest $46.40, median $46.40, highest $46.40.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

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. 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.