Surgery and procedures CPT 69209 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Ear irrigation cost in Conway, AR — inpatient

In Conway, AR, 1 hospital lists a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear as an inpatient: from $36.57 to $36.57, with a median of $36.57. Across Arkansas, the median is $50.64 at 20 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 Jul 2, 2026 and Jul 2, 2026.

Lowest$36.57Conway Regional Medical Center
Median$36.57half pay less
Highest$36.57in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Conway Regional Medical Center Conway, AR · (501) 329-3831 ER REM IMP EARWAX W/IRRIG, UNI $36.57 $166.22 $36.57–$166.22 78% Jul 2, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $36.57, median $36.57, highest $36.57.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $36.57 — 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 69209 ($99.23). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Conway Regional Medical Center Conway, ARREMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI $9.68 file