Surgery and procedures CPT 69209 Outpatient

Ear irrigation cost in Ashley, ND

In Ashley, ND, 1 hospital lists a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear: from $128.00 to $128.00, with a median of $128.00. Across North Dakota, the median is $70.15 at 16 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 69209, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$128.00Ashley Medical Center
Median$128.00half pay less
Highest$128.00in 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 Ashley, ND.

median
Lowest $42.50Highest $128.00
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Ashley Medical Center lowest Ashley, ND · (701) 288-3433 REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI $128.00 $128.00 — — —
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Ashley Medical Center both sides Ashley, ND · (701) 288-3433 REMOVAL CERUMEN LAVAGE BILAT $42.50 $42.50 $123.74–$286.73 — —
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Outpatient: lowest $128.00, median $128.00, highest $128.00.

Both sides : lowest $42.50, median $42.50, highest $42.50.

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.

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.