Ear irrigation cost in Los Angeles, CA — inpatient
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 23 hospitals list a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear as an inpatient: from $93.60 to $876.41, with a median of $187.20. The lowest listed price is at St Jude Hospital — $93.60 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $177.52 at 87 hospitals.
Cash prices at 23 facilities across 18 cities for code 69209, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 26, 2025 and Jul 27, 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Jude Hospital lowest Fullerton, CA · (714) 992-3000 HC ED REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI CDM | $93.60 | $195.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana, CA · (818) 881-0800 HC ED REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI CDM | $96.95 | $277.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills, CA · (818) 365-8051 HC ED REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI CDM | $101.50 | $290.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health-Orange one side Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 HB REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LVG UNILAT | $131.60 | $329.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| USC Arcadia Hospital Arcadia, CA · (626) 898-8000 REM IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI | $163.45 | $467.00 | $350.25–$467.00 | 65% | Jul 27, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles one side Los Angeles, CA · (323) 783-4011 REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LVG UNILAT | $187.20 | $360.00 | $59.00–$175.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills one side Woodland Hills, CA · (818) 719-3800 REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LVG UNILAT | $187.20 | $360.00 | $59.00–$175.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Irvine one side Irvine, CA REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LVG UNILAT | $187.20 | $360.00 | $59.00–$175.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City one side Panorama City, CA · (818) 375-2000 REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LVG UNILAT | $187.20 | $360.00 | $59.00–$175.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey one side Downey, CA · (562) 461-6007 REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LVG UNILAT | $187.20 | $360.00 | $59.00–$175.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim one side Anaheim, CA · (714) 279-4000 REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LVG UNILAT | $187.20 | $360.00 | $59.00–$175.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay one side Harbor City, CA · (310) 325-5111 REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LVG UNILAT | $187.20 | $360.00 | $59.00–$175.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park one side Baldwin Park, CA · (626) 851-1011 REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LVG UNILAT | $187.20 | $360.00 | $59.00–$175.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West la one side Los Angeles, CA · (213) 857-2201 REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LVG UNILAT | $187.20 | $360.00 | $59.00–$175.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Providence Little Co of Mary Medical Center San Pedro San Pedro, CA · (310) 832-3311 HC ED REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI CDM | $189.00 | $540.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance Torrance, CA · (310) 540-7676 HC ED REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI CDM | $189.00 | $540.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA · (714) 633-9111 HC ED REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI CDM | $201.60 | $420.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA · (949) 364-1400 HC ED REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI CDM | $221.28 | $461.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica, CA · (310) 829-5511 HC ED REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI CDM | $249.90 | $714.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Keck Hospital of USC Los Angeles, CA · (323) 442-8656 Removal Impacted Cerumen Irrigation/Lvg Unil | $255.25 | $255.25 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank, CA · (818) 843-5111 HC ED REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI CDM | $365.05 | $1,043.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| USC Kenneth Norris Jr Cancer Hospital Los Angeles, CA Removal Impacted Cerumen Irrigation/Lvg Unil | $438.75 | $438.75 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 HB REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI | $876.41 | $1,348.33 | $2,806.68–$14,761.00 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $93.60, median $187.20, highest $876.41 — a 9.4× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 27 facilities here, median $187.20 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 11 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 69209 ($105.95). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| UCI Health-Orange Orange, CAHB REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LVG UNILAT | $8.40 | file |