Earwax removal cost in Kansas City, MO
In Kansas City, MO-KS, 11 hospitals list a cash price for earwax removal with instruments, one ear: from $55.00 to $267.08, with a median of $66.41. The lowest listed price is at Saint John Hospital and 1 other hospital — $11.41 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $103.73 at 57 hospitals.
- The median here, $66.41, is 46% below the US median of $124.00.
- That is 1.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($60.27).
- Kansas City, MO has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Missouri with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 2 of 11 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 11 facilities across 9 cities for code 69210, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 17, 2026 and Aug 5, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Kansas City, MO-KS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint John Hospital one side lowest Leavenworth, KS · (913) 680-6000 Hc Removal Impacted Cerumen Instrumentation Unilat File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $55.00 | $343.19 | $55.58–$343.19 | 84% |
| Providence Medical Center one side lowest Kansas City, KS · (913) 596-4000 Hc Removal Impacted Cerumen Instrumentation Unilat File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $55.00 | $364.65 | $55.58–$364.65 | 85% |
| St Joseph Medical Center one side Kansas City, MO · (816) 942-4400 Hc Removal Impacted Cerumen Instrumentation Unilat File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $58.00 | $310.61 | $50.63–$310.61 | 81% |
| Liberty Hospital one side Liberty, MO · (816) 781-7200 3E REM CERUMEN +1 more line at this price File of Jul 9, 2026 · source file | $58.00 | $208.00 | $58.03–$169.73 | 72% |
| Liberty Hospital Liberty, MO · (816) 781-7200 REM CERUMEN File of Jul 9, 2026 · source file | $58.00 | $208.00 | $58.03–$169.73 | 72% |
| Lakewood Medical Center one side Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-7000 69210 Removal Impacted Cerumen WID+7 more lines at this price File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $66.41 | $120.75 | $16.87–$3,100.00 | 45% |
| Lakewood Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-7000 69210 REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX RAY+4 more lines at this price File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $66.41 | $120.75 | $16.87–$3,100.00 | 45% |
| University Health Truman Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-1000 69210 Removal Impacted Cerumen EFP+4 more lines at this price File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $66.41 | $120.75 | $32.76–$3,100.00 | 45% |
| University Health Truman Medical Center one side Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-1000 69210 Removal Impacted Cerumen WGD+7 more lines at this price File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $66.41 | $120.75 | $32.76–$3,100.00 | 45% |
| Lakewood Medical Center one side Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-7000 RT+1 more line at this price File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $69.30 | $126.00 | $10.00–$3,100.00 | 45% |
| University Health Truman Medical Center one side Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-1000 RT+1 more line at this price File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $69.30 | $126.00 | $10.00–$3,100.00 | 45% |
| University Health Truman Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-1000 REMOVE IMPACTED CERUMEN File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $69.30 | $126.00 | $10.00–$493.00 | 45% |
| Lakewood Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-7000 REMOVE IMPACTED CERUMEN File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $69.30 | $126.00 | $10.00–$395.00 | 45% |
| Ascentist Hospital Leawood, KS · (913) 529-1801 REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI File of Apr 26, 2026 · source file | $100.53 | $169.00 | $92.71–$125.27 | 41% |
| Bates County Memorial Hospital Butler, MO · (660) 200-7000 CERUMEN REMOVAL (P) File of Apr 20, 2026 · source file | $103.73 | $148.18 | $59.09–$125.95 | 30% |
| Bates County Memorial Hospital Butler, MO · (660) 200-7000 REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX File of Apr 20, 2026 · source file | $104.65 | $149.50 | $59.09–$127.08 | 30% |
| Cass Regional Medical Center Harrisonville, MO · (816) 380-5888 Ear Impaction 69210 File of Apr 7, 2026 · source file | $210.70 | $301.00 | $39.13–$1,160.00 | 30% |
| AdventHealth South Overland Park one side Overland Park, KS · (913) 373-2000 HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENTATION UNILAT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $267.08 | $267.08 | — | — |
| AdventHealth Shawnee Mission one side Shawnee Mission, KS · (913) 676-2152 HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENTATION UNILAT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $267.08 | $267.08 | — | — |
| Bates County Memorial Hospital both sides Butler, MO · (660) 200-7000 REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN REQUIRING INSTRUMENTATION BILAT File of Apr 20, 2026 · source file | $126.00 | $180.00 | $59.09–$153.00 | 30% |
Outpatient: lowest $55.00, median $66.41, highest $267.08 — a 4.9× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $126.00, median $126.00, highest $126.00.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $102.13. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 9 of 9 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 3 it is 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.
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