Surgery and procedures CPT 69209 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Ear irrigation cost in Hope, AR — inpatient

In Hope, AR, 1 hospital lists a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear as an inpatient: from $59.40 to $59.40, with a median of $59.40. Across Arkansas, the median is $50.69 at 21 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 69209, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$59.40Southwest Arkansas Regional Medical Center

Median$59.40half pay less

Highest$59.40in 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 Hope, AR.

median

Lowest $59.40Highest $89.10

one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list	File date
Southwest Arkansas Regional Medical Center lowest Hope, AR · (870) 722-3800 CERUMEN REMOVAL W/ IRRIG - LAVAGE UNI	$59.40	$148.50	$148.50–$59.40	60%	— source file
Southwest Arkansas Regional Medical Center Hope, AR · (870) 722-3800 CERUMEN REMOVAL	$71.28	$178.20	$178.20–$71.28	60%	— source file
Southwest Arkansas Regional Medical Center both sides Hope, AR · (870) 722-3800 CERUMEN REMOVAL W/ IRRIG - LAVAGE BI	$89.10	$222.75	$222.75–$89.10	60%	— source file

Inpatient: lowest $59.40, median $59.40, highest $59.40.

Both sides : lowest $89.10, median $89.10, highest $89.10.

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 $59.40 — 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 not 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.