Surgery and procedures CPT 69209 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Ear irrigation cost in St. Marys, PA — inpatient

In St. Marys, PA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear as an inpatient: from $15.00 to $15.00, with a median of $15.00. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $118.20 at 62 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 69209, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$15.00Penn Highlands Elk
Median$15.00half pay less
Highest$15.00in 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 St. Marys, PA.

median
Lowest $15.00Highest $719.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Penn Highlands Elk lowest Saint Marys, PA · (814) 788-8000 Q-CARE REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX IRR/LAVAGE UNI $15.00 $15.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Penn Highlands Elk one side Saint Marys, PA · (814) 788-8000 RHC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LVG UNILAT $189.00 $189.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Penn Highlands Elk one side Saint Marys, PA · (814) 788-8000 REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LVG UNILAT ED TC $719.00 $719.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $15.00, median $15.00, highest $15.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $15.00 — 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.