Ear tubes, local anesthesia cost in Riverside, CA
In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for ear tube placement (tympanostomy) with local anesthesia, one ear: from $690.00 to $1,024.40, with a median of $1,024.40. The lowest listed price is at Desert Valley Hospital — $334.40 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $1,123.33 at 46 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 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 Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Valley Hospital lowest Victorville, CA · (760) 241-8000 TUBE TYMPANOSTOMY 12MX10MM | $690.00 | $1,379.61 | $85.98–$1,379.61 | 50% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Tympanostomy/Insert Tube/Bil | $827.64 | $827.64 | $59.94–$1,067.64 | — | — source file |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Tympanostomy/Insert Tube/Bil | $827.64 | $827.64 | $59.94–$1,067.64 | — | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 TYMPANOSTOMY LOCAL/TOPICAL ANESTHESIA | $1,024.40 | $1,970.00 | $505.00–$1,503.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 TYMPANOSTOMY LOCAL/TOPICAL ANESTHESIA | $1,024.40 | $1,970.00 | $505.00–$1,503.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 TYMPANOSTOMY LOCAL/TOPICAL ANESTHESIA | $1,024.40 | $1,970.00 | $505.00–$1,503.00 | 48% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $690.00, median $1,024.40, highest $1,024.40 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $1,024.40. 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 5 of 5 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.