Ear tubes, local anesthesia cost in Carroll, IA
In Carroll, IA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for ear tube placement (tympanostomy) with local anesthesia, one ear: from $413.58 to $560.00, with a median of $486.79. The lowest listed price is at Manning Regional Healthcare Center — $73.21 less than the median here. Across Iowa, the median is $367.46 at 20 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 69433, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jul 1, 2026 and Jul 14, 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 Carroll, IA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manning Regional Healthcare Center lowest Manning, IA · (712) 655-2072 Incision of eardrum with insertion of eardrum tube under local or topical anesthesia | $413.58 | $582.50 | $110.12–$599.98 | 29% | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| St Anthony Regional Hospital and Nursing Home Carroll, IA · (712) 792-3581 Incision of eardrum with insertion of eardrum tube under local or topical anesthesia | $560.00 | $560.00 | $76.98–$571.20 | — | Jul 14, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $413.58, median $486.79, highest $560.00 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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 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.