Ear irrigation cost in Pensacola, FL — inpatient
In Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL, 3 hospitals list a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear as an inpatient: from $10.05 to $10.65, with a median of $10.65. The lowest listed price is at Jay Hospital — $0.60 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $291.40 at 79 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 69209, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 23, 2025 and Dec 23, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Hospital lowest Jay, FL · (850) 675-4532 REMOVE IMP CERUMEN IRR/LAV UNI | $10.05 | $67.00 | $14.74–$67.00 | 85% | Dec 23, 2025 source file |
| Gulf Breeze Hospital Gulf Breeze, FL · (850) 934-2000 REMOVE IMP CERUMEN IRR/LAV UNI | $10.65 | $71.00 | $10.65–$71.00 | 85% | Dec 23, 2025 source file |
| Baptist Health Care Pensacola, FL · (850) 434-4011 REMOVE IMP CERUMEN IRR/LAV UNI | $10.65 | $71.00 | $10.65–$71.00 | 85% | Dec 23, 2025 source file |
| Gulf Breeze Hospital Gulf Breeze, FL · (850) 934-2000 REMOVE IMP CERUMEN IRR/LAV BIL | $16.05 | $107.00 | $12.09–$107.00 | 85% | Dec 23, 2025 source file |
| Baptist Health Care Pensacola, FL · (850) 434-4011 REMOVE IMP CERUMEN IRR/LAV BIL | $16.05 | $107.00 | $12.09–$107.00 | 85% | Dec 23, 2025 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $10.05, median $10.65, highest $10.65 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $10.65 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 3 of 3 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 69209 ($99.56). 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.
| Baptist Health Care Pensacola, FLREMOVE IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LAVAGE UNI | $6.75 | file |