Surgery and procedures CPT 69209 Connecticut Outpatient

Ear irrigation cost in Connecticut

In Connecticut, 9 hospitals publish a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear: from $93.50 to $465.81, with a median of $115.80. The lowest price is at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center (Hartford). The highest price is 5.0× the lowest.

The median here, $115.80, is 9% above the US median of $105.95.
That is 1.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($60.27).
Connecticut ranks 32nd of 49 states by median, cheapest first.
4 of 9 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Connecticut law (C.G.S. §19a-673): if you are uninsured, your income is at or below 250% of the federal poverty level and Medicaid has turned you down, a hospital and the clinicians billing through it may collect no more than the cost of your care (its charges times its cost-to-charge ratio), which is usually well below its list price. Ask the billing office to apply it. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 69209. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 27, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$93.50Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center

Median$115.80half of hospitals charge less

Highest$465.81in Connecticut

Lowest saves$22.30vs the median

Hospitals in Connecticut, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	File date
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center one side lowest Hartford · Hartford, CT HC Removal Ceremun Impacted Irrigation Rt	$93.50	$170.00	Mar 31, 2026 source file
Midstate Medical Center Meriden · Meriden, CT REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI	$95.00	$95.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
The William W Backus Hospital Norwich · Norwich, CT REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI	$95.00	$95.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
UConn Health, Waterbury Hospital one side Waterbury · Waterbury, CT Remove Impacted Ear Wax Unilateral	$109.37	$218.73	May 13, 2026 source file
John Dempsey Hospital of the University of Connecticut one side Farmington · Farmington, CT HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LVG UNILAT	$115.80	$193.00	Jul 1, 2026 source file
Gaylord Hospital Wallingford · Wallingford, CT Remove Impact Cerum Irrigation	$143.50	$205.00	Apr 21, 2026 source file
Connecticut Children's one side Hartford · Hartford, CT Rem Impacted Cerumen Using Irr/Lavage Unilateral	$156.00	$260.00	Jan 1, 2026 source file
Hartford Hospital one side Hartford · Hartford, CT HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LVG UNILAT	$352.00	$352.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Manchester Memorial Hospital one side Manchester · Manchester, CT REM IMPCT CERUMN LAVAGE UNILAT	$465.81	$465.81	Apr 1, 2026 source file

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.

No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro area	Hospitals	Lowest	Median
Hartford, CT	3	$93.50	$156.00
Farmington, CT	1	$115.80	$115.80
Manchester, CT	1	$465.81	$465.81
Meriden, CT	1	$95.00	$95.00
Norwich, CT	1	$95.00	$95.00
Wallingford, CT	1	$143.50	$143.50
Waterbury, CT	1	$109.37	$109.37

Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.

Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.

Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.

Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

What ear irrigation is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Ear irrigation explained.

Earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.