Surgery and procedures CPT 69209 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Ear irrigation cost in Worcester, MA — inpatient

In Worcester, MA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear as an inpatient: from $242.00 to $297.00, with a median of $271.00. The lowest listed price is at UMass Memorial Medical Center — $29.00 less than the median here. Across Massachusetts, the median is $171.23 at 17 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 Mar 26, 2026 and Apr 3, 2026.

Lowest$242.00UMass Memorial Medical Center
Median$271.00half pay less
Highest$297.00in this market
Difference1.2×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 Worcester, MA.

median
Lowest $242.00Highest $297.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
UMass Memorial Medical Center lowest Worcester, MA · (508) 334-1000 HC Rem Impact Cerumen Irriga/Lavage Uni $242.00 $242.00 — — Mar 26, 2026
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HealthAlliance - Clinton Hospital Leominster, MA · (978) 466-2000 HC Rem Impact Cerumen Irriga/Lavage Uni $271.00 $271.00 — — Mar 26, 2026
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UMass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital Southbridge, MA · (508) 765-9771 HC Rem Impact Cerumen Irriga/Lavage Uni $297.00 $297.00 — — Apr 3, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $242.00, median $271.00, highest $297.00 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $271.00 — 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.