Surgery and procedures CPT 69209 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Ear irrigation cost in Prescott Valley, AZ — inpatient

In Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ, 1 hospital lists a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear (one side of the body) as an inpatient: from $22.26 to $22.26, with a median of $22.26. Across Arizona, the median is $26.00 at 23 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 69209, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$22.26Yavapai Community Hospital Association
Median$22.26half pay less
Highest$22.26in 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 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ.

median
Lowest $22.26Highest $495.66
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Yavapai Community Hospital Association one side lowest Prescott, AZ · (928) 445-2700 REM IMP CERUMEN W/LAVAGE RT PROFEE $22.26 $30.00 $25.50–$29.10 26% Feb 28, 2026
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Yavapai Community Hospital Association one side Prescott, AZ · (928) 445-2700 REM IMP CERUMEN W/LAVAGE RT $247.83 $334.00 $283.90–$323.98 26% Feb 28, 2026
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Yavapai Community Hospital Association one side Prescott, AZ · (928) 445-2700 REMOVE IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIG/LAV UNILAT LEFT $247.83 $334.00 $283.90–$323.98 26% Feb 28, 2026
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Yavapai Community Hospital Association both sides Prescott, AZ · (928) 445-2700 REM IMP CERUMEN W/LAVAGE BILAT $495.66 $668.00 $567.80–$647.96 26% Feb 28, 2026
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Yavapai Community Hospital Association both sides Prescott, AZ · (928) 445-2700 REMOVE IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIG/LAV UNILAT BILATERAL $495.66 $668.00 $567.80–$647.96 26% Feb 28, 2026
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One side of the body : lowest $22.26, median $22.26, highest $22.26.

Both sides : lowest $495.66, median $495.66, highest $495.66.

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 outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $22.26 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated and 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.