Surgery and procedures CPT 69209 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Ear irrigation cost in Providence, RI — inpatient

In Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear as an inpatient: from $255.00 to $322.86, with a median of $255.00. The lowest listed price is at Rhode Island Hospital and 2 other hospitals. Across Rhode Island, the median is $255.00 at 4 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 cities for code 69209, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$255.00Rhode Island Hospital + 2 more
Median$255.00half pay less
Highest$322.86in this market
Difference1.3×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 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA.

median
Lowest $255.00Highest $322.86

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Rhode Island Hospital lowest Providence, RI · (401) 444-4000 HC REM IMPACT CERUMEN W IRRIGATION/LAVAGE UNI $255.00 $255.00 — — —
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The Miriam Hospital lowest Providence, RI · (401) 793-2500 HC REM IMPACT CERUMEN W IRRIGATION/LAVAGE UNI $255.00 $255.00 — — —
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Newport Hospital lowest Newport, RI · (401) 846-6400 HC REM IMPACT CERUMEN W IRRIGATION/LAVAGE UNI $255.00 $255.00 — — —
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Brown University Health Morton Hospital Taunton, MA · (508) 828-7000 HC REM IMPACT CERUMEN W IRRIGATION/LAVAGE UNI $266.35 $266.35 — — —
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Saint Anne's Hospital Fall River, MA · (508) 674-5600 HC REM IMPACT CERUMEN W IRRIGATION/LAVAGE UNI $322.86 $322.86 — — —
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Inpatient: lowest $255.00, median $255.00, highest $322.86 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $255.00 — 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.