Surgery and procedures CPT 69209 Outpatient

Ear irrigation cost in Greenwood, SC

In Greenwood, SC, 2 hospitals list a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear (one side of the body): from $176.95 to $206.44, with a median of $191.70. The lowest listed price is at Self Regional Healthcare — $14.75 less than the median here. Across South Carolina, the median is $165.50 at 29 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 —.

Lowest$176.95Self Regional Healthcare
Median$191.70half pay less
Highest$206.44in this market
Difference1.2×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 Greenwood, SC.

median
Lowest $176.95Highest $206.44

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Self Regional Healthcare one side lowest Greenwood, SC · (864) 227-4111 HC ER Remove Cerumen Impacted Irr Unilat $176.95 $294.92 $253.04–$271.33 40% —
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Abbeville Area Medical Center one side Abbeville, SC · (864) 366-5011 HC ER Remove Cerumen Impacted Irr Unilat $206.44 $294.92 $88.48–$212.05 30% —
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One side of the body : lowest $176.95, median $191.70, highest $206.44 — a 1.2× 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 1 it is 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.