Ear tubes, local anesthesia cost in Kansas City, MO
In Kansas City, MO-KS, 2 hospitals list a cash price for ear tube placement (tympanostomy) with local anesthesia, one ear (one side of the body): from $213.12 to $213.12, with a median of $213.12. The lowest listed price is at Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas and 1 other hospital. Across Missouri, the median is $397.50 at 4 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 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Kansas City, MO-KS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas one side lowest Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 TYMPANOSTOMY LOCAL; UNILATERAL | $213.12 | $444.00 | $157.50–$390.72 | 52% | — source file |
| Children's Mercy Hospital one side lowest Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 TYMPANOSTOMY LOCAL; UNILATERAL | $213.12 | $444.00 | $157.50–$390.72 | 52% | — source file |
One side of the body : lowest $213.12, median $213.12, highest $213.12.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $213.12. 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 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.