Surgery and procedures CPT 69210 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Earwax removal cost in Cape Girardeau, MO — inpatient

In Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for earwax removal with instruments, one ear (one side of the body) as an inpatient: from $102.75 to $102.75, with a median of $102.75. Across Missouri, the median is $94.25 at 30 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 69210, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jun 12, 2026 and Jun 12, 2026.

Lowest$102.75Mercy Hospital Southeast
Median$102.75half pay less
Highest$102.75in 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 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL.

median
Lowest $102.75Highest $102.75

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Mercy Hospital Southeast one side lowest Cape Girardeau, MO Removal Impacted Cerumen Instrumentation Unilat $102.75 $137.00 $18.39–$113.49 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Southeast one side lowest Cape Girardeau, MO Removal Impacted Cerumen Instrumentation Unilat $102.75 $137.00 $18.39–$133.50 25% Jun 12, 2026
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One side of the body : lowest $102.75, median $102.75, highest $102.75.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $165.13 — 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 removal of impacted earwax by a clinician with instruments such as a curette or suction, for one ear. Rinsing the ear uses a different code (69209).

What the price covers

The price is for one ear. Both ears may be billed twice.