Surgery and procedures CPT 69209 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Ear irrigation cost in Taos, NM — inpatient

In Taos, NM, 1 hospital lists a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear as an inpatient: from $141.20 to $141.20, with a median of $141.20. Across New Mexico, the median is $118.27 at 2 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$141.20Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health Systems
Median$141.20half pay less
Highest$141.20in 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 Taos, NM.

median
Lowest $25.60Highest $141.20
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health Systems lowest Taos, NM · (575) 758-8883 REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIG $141.20 $176.50 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health Systems both sides Taos, NM · (575) 758-8883 REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN BILATERAL PROCE $25.60 $32.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $141.20, median $141.20, highest $141.20.

Both sides : lowest $25.60, median $25.60, highest $25.60.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $141.20 — 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.