Ear tubes, local anesthesia cost in New York, NY — inpatient
In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 9 hospitals list a cash price for ear tube placement (tympanostomy) with local anesthesia, one ear as an inpatient: from $156.37 to $1,879.47, with a median of $1,080.00. The lowest listed price is at St. Barnabas Hospital — $923.63 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $1,080.00 at 34 hospitals.
Cash prices at 9 facilities across 5 cities for code 69433, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 28, 2025 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Barnabas Hospital lowest Bronx, NY · (212) 960-9000 PR TYMPANOSTOMY LOCAL/TOPICAL ANESTHESIA | $156.37 | $571.66 | $108.24–$347.92 | 73% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 CREATE EARDRUM OPENING | $390.00 | $390.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY · (516) 572-0123 CREATE EARDRUM OPENING | $556.50 | $795.00 | $131.44–$247.95 | 30% | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center New York, NY Tmpst Local/Topical Anes - 69433 | $1,080.00 | $1,200.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY HC Tympanostomy Local Anesth | $1,080.00 | $1,200.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY Tmpst Local/Topical Anes - 69433 | $1,080.00 | $1,200.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY · (212) 241-7981 HC Tympanostomy Local Anesth | $1,080.00 | $1,200.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY · (212) 241-7981 Tmpst Local/Topical Anes - 69433 | $1,080.00 | $1,200.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Queens Long Island, NY Tmpst Local/Topical Anes - 69433 | $1,080.00 | $1,200.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Morningside New York, NY Tmpst Local/Topical Anes - 69433 | $1,080.00 | $1,200.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center New York, NY HC Tympanostomy Local Anesth | $1,080.00 | $1,200.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Morningside New York, NY HC Tympanostomy Local Anesth | $1,080.00 | $1,200.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Queens Long Island, NY HC Tympanostomy Local Anesth | $1,080.00 | $1,200.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai New York, NY · (212) 979-4000 TYMPANOSTOMY LOCAL WITH TUBE | $1,879.47 | $2,088.30 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $156.37, median $1,080.00, highest $1,879.47 — a 12.0× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 27 facilities here, median $1,019.29 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 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.