Surgery and procedures CPT 69210 Outpatient

Earwax removal cost in Staunton, VA

In Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for earwax removal with instruments, one ear: from $127.00 to $127.00, with a median of $127.00. Across Virginia, the median is $148.96 at 37 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 69210, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$127.00Augusta Health
Median$127.00half pay less
Highest$127.00in 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 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA.

median
Lowest $127.00Highest $191.50
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Augusta Health lowest Fishersville, VA · (540) 332-4000 Ear Irrigation $127.00 $254.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Augusta Health both sides Fishersville, VA · (540) 332-4000 Ear Irrigation - Bilateral $191.50 $383.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $127.00, median $127.00, highest $127.00.

Both sides : lowest $191.50, median $191.50, highest $191.50.

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 inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $127.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.