Surgery and procedures CPT 69209 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Ear irrigation cost in Missoula, MT — inpatient

In Missoula, MT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear as an inpatient: from $25.60 to $25.60, with a median of $25.60. Across Montana, the median is $22.40 at 7 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 69209, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$25.60St. Patrick Hospital
Median$25.60half pay less
Highest$25.60in 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 Missoula, MT.

median
Lowest $25.60Highest $109.60

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
St. Patrick Hospital one side lowest Missoula, MT · (406) 543-7271 HC PR ED 69209 REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LVG UNILAT CDM $25.60 $32.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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St. Patrick Hospital Missoula, MT · (406) 543-7271 HC ED REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI CDM $109.60 $137.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $25.60, median $25.60, highest $25.60.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $25.60 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.