Surgery and procedures CPT 69209 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Ear irrigation cost in Merrill, WI — inpatient

In Merrill, WI, 1 hospital lists a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear (one side of the body) as an inpatient: from $74.10 to $74.10, with a median of $74.10. Across Wisconsin, the median is $57.18 at 73 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$74.10Aspirus Merrill Hospital
Median$74.10half pay less
Highest$74.10in 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 Merrill, WI.

median
Lowest $74.10Highest $158.92
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Aspirus Merrill Hospital one side lowest Merrill, WI · (715) 536-5511 REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LVG UNILAT $74.10 $114.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Merrill Hospital one side lowest Merrill, WI · (715) 536-5511 Pro Removal Impacted Cerumen Irrigation/Lvg Unilat $74.10 $114.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Merrill Hospital one side Merrill, WI · (715) 536-5511 Fac Removal Impacted Cerumen Irrigation/Lvg Unilat $105.95 $163.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Merrill Hospital both sides Merrill, WI · (715) 536-5511 Pro Removal Impacted Cerumen Irrigation/Lvg Unilat|BILATERAL PROCEDURE $111.15 $171.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Merrill Hospital both sides Merrill, WI · (715) 536-5511 Fac Removal Impacted Cerumen Irrigation/Lvg Unilat|BILATERAL PROCEDURE $158.92 $244.50 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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One side of the body : lowest $74.10, median $74.10, highest $74.10.

Both sides : lowest $111.15, median $111.15, highest $111.15.

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 $74.10 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.