Surgery and procedures CPT 69433 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Ear tubes, local anesthesia cost in South Boston, VA — inpatient

In South Boston, VA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for ear tube placement (tympanostomy) with local anesthesia, one ear as an inpatient: from $890.00 to $890.00, with a median of $890.00. Across Virginia, the median is $818.00 at 10 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 69433, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$890.00Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital
Median$890.00half pay less
Highest$890.00in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in South Boston, VA.

median
Lowest $890.00Highest $1,068.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital lowest South Boston, VA · (434) 517-3100 Tympanostomy Local/Topical Anesthesia $890.00 $1,780.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston, VA · (434) 517-3100 69433 Create Eardrum Opening $1,068.50 $2,137.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $890.00, median $890.00, highest $890.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $890.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.