Surgery and proceduresCPT 69433Inpatient — admitted to hospital
Ear tubes, local anesthesia cost in Baton Rouge, LA — inpatient
In Baton Rouge, LA, 1 hospital
lists a cash price for ear tube placement (tympanostomy) with local anesthesia, one ear as an inpatient:
from $1,018.56 to
$1,018.56, with a median of
$1,018.56.
Across Louisiana, the median is $490.63 at
15 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1
facility
for code 69433,
as an inpatient (admitted to hospital)
.
Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files
themselves were last updated between — and
—.
Lowest$1,018.56Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
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.
Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.
Inpatient:
lowest $1,018.56, median $1,018.56,
highest $1,018.56.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by
1 facility here,
median $1,018.56 — that is the price to compare if you are not
being admitted.
What it is
This code covers placing a small tube in the eardrum while awake, with numbing medicine, usually in older children or adults.
What the price covers
The price covers the procedure and the tube. The office visit may be billed separately.