Surgery and procedures CPT 69209 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Ear irrigation cost in Rockford, IL — inpatient

In Rockford, IL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear as an inpatient: from $47.46 to $47.46, with a median of $47.46. Across Illinois, the median is $123.31 at 99 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 69209, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 1, 2026 and Mar 1, 2026.

Lowest$47.46Rockford Memorial Hospital

Median$47.46half of hospitals charge less

Highest$47.46in 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 Rockford, IL.

median

Lowest $47.46Highest $179.49

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Rockford Memorial Hospital lowest Rockford, IL · (815) 968-6861 HC PBB REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI 69209 File of Mar 1, 2026 · source file	$47.46	$63.28	—	25%
Rockford Memorial Hospital Rockford, IL · (815) 968-6861 HC EAR IMPACTED CERUMEN IRR/LAVAGE File of Mar 1, 2026 · source file	$179.49	$239.32	—	25%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

Inpatient: lowest $47.46, median $47.46, highest $47.46.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $47.46 — 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.