Ear irrigation cost in Miami, FL
In Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, 13 hospitals list a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear: from $39.20 to $193.70, with a median of $60.61. The lowest listed price is at Memorial Regional Hospital and 3 other hospitals — $21.41 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $188.65 at 95 hospitals.
- The median here, $60.61, is 43% below the US median of $105.95.
- That is about the same as Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($60.27).
- Miami, FL has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Florida with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 1 of 13 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 13 facilities across 10 cities for code 69209, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 4, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 1, 2025 and Oct 23, 2026.
Lowest$39.20Memorial Regional Hospital + 3 more
Median$60.61half of hospitals charge less
Highest$193.70in this market
Difference4.9×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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.
median
Lowest $39.20Highest $4,295.29
one sideboth sides
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Regional Hospital one side lowest Hollywood, FL · (954) 987-2000 HC Removal Impacted Cerumen Irrigation/Lvg Unilat. File of Sep 29, 2026 · source file | $39.20 | $56.00 | $8.29–$5,574.33 | 30% |
| Memorial Hospital West one side lowest Pembroke Pines, FL · (954) 436-5000 HC Removal Impacted Cerumen Irrigation/Lvg Unilat. File of May 27, 2026 · source file | $39.20 | $56.00 | $8.29–$5,574.33 | 30% |
| Memorial Hospital Pembroke one side lowest Pembroke Pines, FL · (954) 962-9650 HC Removal Impacted Cerumen Irrigation/Lvg Unilat. File of Sep 29, 2026 · source file | $39.20 | $56.00 | $8.29–$5,574.33 | 30% |
| Memorial Hospital Miramar one side lowest Miramar, FL · (954) 538-5000 HC Removal Impacted Cerumen Irrigation/Lvg Unilat. File of Sep 29, 2026 · source file | $39.20 | $56.00 | $8.29–$5,574.33 | 30% |
| Jackson Health System Miami, FL · (305) 585-1111 Removal of impacted ear wax by washing+3 more lines at this price File of Oct 23, 2026 · source file | $59.00 | $93.00 | $22.33–$4,984.00 | 37% |
| Coral Gables Hospital Coral Gables, FL · (305) 445-8461 REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI File of Aug 31, 2026 · source file | $60.61 | — | $42.43–$239.99 | — |
| Hialeah Hospital one side Hialeah, FL · (305) 693-6100 REMOVE IMPACTD EAR WAX UNI LT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $60.61 | $814.23 | $42.43–$239.99 | 93% |
| Hialeah Hospital Hialeah, FL · (305) 693-6100 REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $60.61 | — | $42.43–$239.99 | — |
| Palmetto General Hospital one side Hialeah, FL · (305) 823-5000 REMOVE IMPACTD EAR WAX UNI LT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $60.61 | $881.81 | $42.43–$239.99 | 93% |
| North Shore Medical Center one side Miami, FL · (305) 835-6000 REMOVE IMPACTD EAR WAX UNI LT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 16, 2026 · source file | $60.61 | $1,411.55 | $42.43–$239.99 | 96% |
| North Shore Medical Center Miami, FL · (305) 835-6000 REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI File of Sep 16, 2026 · source file | $60.61 | — | $42.43–$239.99 | — |
| Coral Gables Hospital one side Coral Gables, FL · (305) 445-8461 REMOVE IMPACTD EAR WAX UNI LT+1 more line at this price File of Aug 31, 2026 · source file | $60.61 | $556.99 | $42.43–$239.99 | 89% |
| Holy Cross Hospital-Ft. Lauderdale one side Ft. Lauderdale, FL · (954) 771-8000 HC Removal Ceremun Impacted Irrigation Rt+1 more line at this price File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $113.10 | $174.00 | $43.50–$2,045.00 | 35% |
| Jupiter Medical Center one side Jupiter, FL · (561) 747-2234 HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LVG UNILAT File of Oct 1, 2025 · source file | $159.00 | $159.00 | — | — |
| Holy Cross Hospital-Ft. Lauderdale Ft. Lauderdale, FL · (954) 771-8000 HC Removal Ceremun Impacted Irrigation Bl File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $169.65 | $261.00 | $60.37–$2,045.00 | 35% |
| Boca Raton Regional Hospital Boca Raton, FL · (561) 955-4200 REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $193.05 | $297.00 | $60.50–$297.00 | 35% |
| Cleveland Clinic Hospital one side Weston, FL · (954) 689-5000 REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LVG UNILAT File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file | $193.70 | $298.00 | $24.99–$3,920.00 | 35% |
| Memorial Hospital Miramar one side Miramar, FL · (954) 538-5000 HC Unilateral Removal Impacted Cerumen Irrigation/Lvg File of Sep 29, 2026 · source file | $354.20 | $506.00 | $65.30–$5,574.33 | 30% |
| Memorial Hospital Pembroke one side Pembroke Pines, FL · (954) 962-9650 HC Unilateral Removal Impacted Cerumen Irrigation/Lvg File of Sep 29, 2026 · source file | $354.20 | $506.00 | $65.30–$5,574.33 | 30% |
| Memorial Hospital West one side Pembroke Pines, FL · (954) 436-5000 HC Unilateral Removal Impacted Cerumen Irrigation/Lvg File of May 27, 2026 · source file | $354.20 | $506.00 | $61.60–$5,574.33 | 30% |
| Memorial Regional Hospital one side Hollywood, FL · (954) 987-2000 HC Unilateral Removal Impacted Cerumen Irrigation/Lvg File of Sep 29, 2026 · source file | $354.20 | $506.00 | $61.60–$5,574.33 | 30% |
| Holy Cross Hospital-Ft. Lauderdale Ft. Lauderdale, FL · (954) 771-8000 HC Removal Ceremun Impacted Irrigation Bl File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $354.90 | — | $60.37–$244.00 | — |
| Palmetto General Hospital Hialeah, FL · (305) 823-5000 REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $4,295.29 | — | $92.69–$9,422.81 | — |
| Memorial Regional Hospital both sides Hollywood, FL · (954) 987-2000 HC Bilateral Removal Impacted Cerumen Irrigation/Lvg File of Sep 29, 2026 · source file | $707.70 | $1,011.00 | $61.60–$5,574.33 | 30% |
| Memorial Hospital West both sides Pembroke Pines, FL · (954) 436-5000 HC Bilateral Removal Impacted Cerumen Irrigation/Lvg File of May 27, 2026 · source file | $707.70 | $1,011.00 | $61.60–$5,574.33 | 30% |
| Memorial Hospital Pembroke both sides Pembroke Pines, FL · (954) 962-9650 HC Bilateral Removal Impacted Cerumen Irrigation/Lvg File of Sep 29, 2026 · source file | $707.70 | $1,011.00 | $65.30–$5,574.33 | 30% |
| Memorial Hospital Miramar both sides Miramar, FL · (954) 538-5000 HC Bilateral Removal Impacted Cerumen Irrigation/Lvg File of Sep 29, 2026 · source file | $707.70 | $1,011.00 | $65.30–$5,574.33 | 30% |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
Outpatient: lowest $39.20, median $60.61, highest $193.70 — a 4.9× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $707.70, median $707.70, highest $707.70.
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.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $39.20. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 12 of 12 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 ear irrigation is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Ear irrigation explained.