Ear irrigation cost in Rochester, NY
In Rochester, NY, 10 hospitals list a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear: from $40.00 to $226.95, with a median of $169.21. The lowest listed price is at Orleans Community Health — $129.21 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $121.00 at 103 hospitals.
- The median here, $169.21, is 60% above the US median of $105.95.
- That is 2.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($60.27).
- Rochester, NY ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in New York by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 7 cities for code 69209, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 8, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 12, 2024 and Aug 27, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Rochester, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orleans Community Health one side lowest Medina, NY · (585) 798-8111 REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN USING IRRI/L RT+3 more lines at this price File of Dec 12, 2024 · source file | $40.00 | $100.00 | $40.00–$100.00 | 60% |
| Orleans Community Health one side Medina, NY · (585) 798-8111 RMV IMPACTED CERUMEN USING IRR RT+3 more lines at this price File of Dec 12, 2024 · source file | $52.00 | $130.00 | $52.00–$130.00 | 60% |
| Geneva General Hospital Geneva, NY · (315) 787-4175 REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN UNI File of Aug 27, 2026 · source file | $84.35 | $210.87 | $67.75–$179.24 | 60% |
| Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital one side Dansville, NY · (585) 335-6001 HB Remove Impacted Ear Wax Unilat File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $88.00 | — | — | — |
| F.F. Thompson Hospital one side Canandaigua, NY · (585) 396-6000 HB Remove Impacted Ear Wax Unilat File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $96.00 | — | — | — |
| Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital one side Dansville, NY · (585) 335-6001 HB Remove Impacted Ear Wax Unilat File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $110.00 | — | — | — |
| F.F. Thompson Hospital one side Canandaigua, NY · (585) 396-6000 HB Remove Impacted Ear Wax Unilat File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $118.00 | — | — | — |
| Clifton Springs Hospital And Clinic one side Clifton Springs, NY · (315) 462-9561 HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION_LVG UNILAT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $146.22 | $224.95 | — | 35% |
| Rochester General Hospital one side Rochester, NY · (585) 922-4000 HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION_LVG UNILAT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $192.19 | $295.67 | — | 35% |
| Newark-Wayne Community Hospital one side Newark, NY · (315) 332-2022 HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN USING IRRIGATION_LAVAGE_ UNILATERAL+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $192.19 | $295.67 | — | 35% |
| The Unity Hospital of Rochester one side Rochester, NY · (585) 723-7000 HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION_LVG UNILAT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $206.34 | $257.93 | — | 20% |
| Strong Memorial Hospital one side Rochester, NY · (585) 275-2121 HB Remove Impacted Ear Wax Unilat File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $226.95 | — | $32.27–$267.95 | — |
| Highland Hospital one side Rochester, NY · (585) 341-6711 HB Remove Impacted Ear Wax Unilat File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $226.95 | — | $27.56–$236.00 | — |
| Orleans Community Health both sides Medina, NY · (585) 798-8111 REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN USING IRRI/L BI+1 more line at this price File of Dec 12, 2024 · source file | $80.00 | $200.00 | $80.00–$200.00 | 60% |
Outpatient: lowest $40.00, median $169.21, highest $226.95 — a 5.7× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $80.00, median $80.00, highest $80.00.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $169.21. 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 4 of 4 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.