Ear tubes, local anesthesia cost in Marietta, OH
In Marietta, OH, 2 hospitals list a cash price for ear tube placement (tympanostomy) with local anesthesia, one ear: from $282.79 to $295.24, with a median of $289.02. The lowest listed price is at Marietta Memorial Hospital — $6.23 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $490.10 at 29 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 69433, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 21, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 Marietta, OH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marietta Memorial Hospital lowest Marietta, OH · (740) 374-1400 Tympanostomy W/Vent Tube Local | $282.79 | $471.32 | — | 40% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Selby General Hospital Marietta, OH · (740) 568-2000 Tympanostomy W/Vent Tube Loc(P | $295.24 | $492.07 | — | 40% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Selby General Hospital Marietta, OH · (740) 568-2000 Tympanostomy W/Vent Tube Local | $523.16 | $871.93 | — | 40% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Selby General Hospital Marietta, OH · (740) 568-2000 Tympanostomy Local (50) | $1,046.32 | $1,743.86 | — | 40% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $282.79, median $289.02, highest $295.24.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $289.02. 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 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.