Surgery and procedures CPT 69210 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Earwax removal cost in Lexington, KY — inpatient

In Lexington-Fayette, KY, 1 hospital lists a cash price for earwax removal with instruments, one ear (one side of the body) as an inpatient: from $169.45 to $169.45, with a median of $169.45. Across Kentucky, the median is $291.50 at 15 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 69210, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$169.45University of Kentucky Hospital
Median$169.45half pay less
Highest$169.45in 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 Lexington-Fayette, KY.

median
Lowest $169.45Highest $255.18
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
University of Kentucky Hospital one side lowest Lexington, KY · (859) 257-2278 Hc Removal Impacted Cerumen Instrumentation Unilateral $169.45 $423.62 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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University of Kentucky Hospital both sides Lexington, KY · (859) 257-2278 Hc Removal Impacted Cerumen Instrumentation Bilateral $255.18 $637.95 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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One side of the body : lowest $169.45, median $169.45, highest $169.45.

Both sides : lowest $255.18, median $255.18, highest $255.18.

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 2 facilities here, median $230.48 — 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.