Surgery and procedures CPT 69210 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Earwax removal cost in Clearlake, CA — inpatient

In Clearlake, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for earwax removal with instruments, one ear (one side of the body) as an inpatient: from $449.00 to $449.00, with a median of $449.00. Across California, the median is $184.00 at 147 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 69210, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$449.00Sutter Lakeside Hospital

Median$449.00half of hospitals charge less

Highest$449.00in 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 Clearlake, CA.

median

Lowest $449.00Highest $449.00

one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Sutter Lakeside Hospital one side lowest Lakeport, CA · (707) 262-5000 HCHG RMVL IMPACTED CERUMEN UNILATERAL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$449.00	$449.00	—	—
Sutter Lakeside Hospital both sides Lakeport, CA · (707) 262-5000 HCHG RHC RMVL IMPACTED CERUMEN BILATERAL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$449.00	$449.00	—	—

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking.

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth.

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less.

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing.

One side of the body : lowest $449.00, median $449.00, highest $449.00.

Both sides : lowest $449.00, median $449.00, highest $449.00.

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 $449.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.