Surgery and procedures CPT 69210 Outpatient

Earwax removal cost in Hartford, KY

In Hartford, KY, 1 hospital lists a cash price for earwax removal with instruments, one ear: from $42.00 to $42.00, with a median of $42.00. Across Kentucky, the median is $110.40 at 62 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 69210, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$42.00Ohio County Hospital

Median$42.00half of hospitals charge less

Highest$42.00in 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 Hartford, KY.

median

Lowest $42.00Highest $174.00

one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ohio County Hospital lowest Hartford, KY · (270) 298-7411 REMOV IMPACT CERUM W/INSTR PRF source file	$42.00	$84.00	$31.50–$1,145.55	50%
Ohio County Hospital Hartford, KY · (270) 298-7411 REMOV IMPACT CERUM W/INSTR TC source file	$45.00	$90.00	$31.50–$1,145.55	50%
Ohio County Hospital Hartford, KY · (270) 298-7411 PF REMV IMPCT CERUM W/INST BIL source file	$84.00	$168.00	$31.50–$1,145.55	50%
Ohio County Hospital Hartford, KY · (270) 298-7411 REMVL IMPACTED CERUM REQ INSTR source file	$87.00	$174.00	$31.50–$1,145.55	50%
Ohio County Hospital Hartford, KY · (270) 298-7411 TC REMV IMPCT CERUM W/INST BIL source file	$90.00	$180.00	$31.50–$1,145.55	50%
Ohio County Hospital both sides Hartford, KY · (270) 298-7411 REMV IMPCT CERUM W/INST BILAT source file	$174.00	$348.00	$31.50–$1,145.55	50%

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. More

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. More

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. More

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

At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

Outpatient: lowest $42.00, median $42.00, highest $42.00.

Both sides : lowest $174.00, median $174.00, highest $174.00.

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 inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $42.00. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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 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.