Surgery and procedures CPT 69209 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Ear irrigation cost in Spokane, WA — inpatient

In Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear as an inpatient: from $22.40 to $230.30, with a median of $23.10. The lowest listed price is at Providence Mount Carmel Hospital — $0.70 less than the median here. Across Washington, the median is $113.22 at 25 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities 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$22.40Providence Mount Carmel Hospital
Median$23.10half pay less
Highest$230.30in this market
Difference10.3×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 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA.

median
Lowest $22.40Highest $273.70

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital lowest Colville, WA · (509) 684-2561 HC ED REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI CDM $22.40 $32.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence St Joseph Hospital one side Chewelah, WA · (509) 935-8211 HC PR ED 69209 REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LVG UNILAT CDM $23.10 $33.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Mount Carmel Hospital one side Colville, WA · (509) 684-2561 HC PR ED 69209 REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LVG UNILAT CDM $24.50 $35.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah, WA · (509) 935-8211 HC ED REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI CDM $58.10 $83.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane, WA · (509) 482-0111 HC ED REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI CDM $230.30 $329.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane, WA · (509) 482-0111 HC ED REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI CDM $273.70 $391.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $22.40, median $23.10, highest $230.30 — a 10.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $126.70 — 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.