Ear tubes, local anesthesia cost in Worcester, MA
In Worcester, MA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for ear tube placement (tympanostomy) with local anesthesia, one ear: from $2,176.00 to $2,576.00, with a median of $2,376.00. The lowest listed price is at UMass Memorial Medical Center — $200.00 less than the median here. Across Massachusetts, the median is $1,424.50 at 7 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 Mar 26, 2026 and Mar 26, 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 Worcester, MA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMass Memorial Medical Center lowest Worcester, MA · (508) 334-1000 HC Tympanostomy Loc/Anes W Tubes | $2,176.00 | $2,176.00 | — | — | Mar 26, 2026 source file |
| HealthAlliance - Clinton Hospital Leominster, MA · (978) 466-2000 HC Tympanostomy Loc/Anes W Tubes | $2,576.00 | $2,576.00 | — | — | Mar 26, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $2,176.00, median $2,376.00, highest $2,576.00 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $2,376.00. 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.