Surgery and procedures CPT 69209 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Ear irrigation cost in Bar Harbor, ME — inpatient

In Bar Harbor, ME, 1 hospital lists a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear as an inpatient: from $115.20 to $115.20, with a median of $115.20. Across Maine, the median is $45.00 at 23 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 69209, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$115.20Mount Desert Island Hospital
Median$115.20half pay less
Highest$115.20in 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 Bar Harbor, ME.

median
Lowest $115.20Highest $673.20
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Mount Desert Island Hospital lowest Bar Harbor, ME · (207) 288-5081 69209 REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN USING IRRIGATION/LAVAGE $115.20 $128.00 $57.60–$128.00 10% —
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Mount Desert Island Hospital Bar Harbor, ME · (207) 288-5081 69209 Ear Irrigation POC $149.40 $166.00 $74.70–$166.00 10% —
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Mount Desert Island Hospital one side Bar Harbor, ME · (207) 288-5081 69209 REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN USING IRRIGATION/LAVAGE, UNILATERAL TechFee $159.30 $177.00 $79.65–$177.00 10% —
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Mount Desert Island Hospital one side Bar Harbor, ME · (207) 288-5081 69209 REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN USING IRRIGATION/LAVAGE, UNILATERAL Pro $673.20 $748.00 $336.60–$748.00 10% —
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Mount Desert Island Hospital both sides Bar Harbor, ME · (207) 288-5081 69209 Removal Impacted Cerumen Using Irrigation/Lavage, Bilateral $299.70 $333.00 $149.85–$333.00 10% —
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Inpatient: lowest $115.20, median $115.20, highest $115.20.

Both sides : lowest $299.70, median $299.70, highest $299.70.

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 $115.20 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

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.