Earwax removal cost in Milwaukee, WI
In Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI, 10 hospitals list a cash price for earwax removal with instruments, one ear: from $37.10 to $66.96, with a median of $50.00. The lowest listed price is at Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus — $12.90 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $83.85 at 91 hospitals.
- The median here, $50.00, is 60% below the US median of $124.00.
- That is 0.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($60.27).
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 8 cities for code 69210, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 7, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Nov 6, 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 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus lowest Mequon, WI HC 69210 REMOVE IMPACTED EA File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $37.10 | $70.00 | $51.92 | 47% |
| Aurora St Lukes Medical Center Milwaukee, WI · (414) 649-6000 CERUMEN IMPACTION REMOVAL* File of Nov 5, 2026 · source file | $50.00 | $100.00 | $60.00–$261.00 | 50% |
| Aurora St Lukes Medical Center one side Milwaukee, WI · (414) 649-6000 REMOVE EAR WAX W/INSTRUMENT UNILAT File of Nov 5, 2026 · source file | $50.00 | $100.00 | $40.00–$1,680.00 | 50% |
| Aurora West Allis Medical Center one side West Allis, WI · (414) 328-6000 REMOVE EAR WAX W/INSTRUMENT UNILAT File of Nov 6, 2026 · source file | $50.00 | $100.00 | $40.00–$1,680.00 | 50% |
| Aurora Medical Center Summit one side Summit, WI · (262) 434-1600 REMOVE EAR WAX W/INSTRUMENT UNILAT File of Nov 5, 2026 · source file | $50.00 | $100.00 | $40.00–$1,680.00 | 50% |
| Aurora St Lukes Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro one side Milwaukee, WI · (414) 649-6000 REMOVE EAR WAX W/INSTRUMENT UNILAT File of Nov 5, 2026 · source file | $50.00 | $100.00 | $40.00–$1,680.00 | 50% |
| Aurora Medical Center Grafton one side Grafton, WI · (262) 329-1000 REMOVE EAR WAX W/INSTRUMENT UNILAT File of Nov 4, 2026 · source file | $50.00 | $100.00 | $40.00–$1,680.00 | 50% |
| Aurora Medical Center Washington County one side Hartford, WI · (262) 673-2300 REMOVE EAR WAX W/INSTRUMENT UNILAT File of Nov 5, 2026 · source file | $50.00 | $100.00 | $40.00–$1,680.00 | 50% |
| Aurora St. Luke's South Shore of Aurora Health Care Metro one side Cudahy, WI · (414) 649-6000 REMOVE EAR WAX W/INSTRUMENT UNILAT File of Nov 6, 2026 · source file | $50.00 | $100.00 | $40.00–$1,680.00 | 50% |
| Aurora Medical Center Kenosha one side Kenosha, WI · (262) 948-5600 REMOVE EAR WAX W/INSTRUMENT UNILAT File of Nov 6, 2026 · source file | $50.00 | $100.00 | $40.00–$1,680.00 | 50% |
| Aurora St Lukes Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee, WI · (414) 649-6000 CERUMEN IMPACTION REMOVAL* File of Nov 5, 2026 · source file | $50.00 | $100.00 | $60.00–$261.00 | 50% |
| Children's Hospital of Wisconsin one side Milwaukee, WI · (414) 266-3954 HBC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN USING INSTRUMENTATION UNILATERAL+1 more line at this price File of Mar 23, 2026 · source file | $66.96 | $121.75 | $85.23–$115.66 | 45% |
Outpatient: lowest $37.10, median $50.00, highest $66.96 — a 1.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $50.00. 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 10 of 10 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.
What earwax removal is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Earwax removal explained.