Surgery and procedures CPT 69209 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Ear irrigation cost in Blue Hill, ME — inpatient

In Blue Hill, ME, 1 hospital lists a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear as an inpatient: from $37.00 to $37.00, with a median of $37.00. Across Maine, the median is $35.35 at 19 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 — and —.

Lowest$37.00Blue Hill Memorial Hospital
Median$37.00half pay less
Highest$37.00in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Blue Hill Memorial Hospital Blue Hill, ME · (207) 374-2836 REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI F $37.00 $100.00 $65.00–$100.00 63% —
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Inpatient: lowest $37.00, median $37.00, highest $37.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $37.00 — 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 and below every plan's rate. 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.