Ear irrigation cost in New Hampshire
In New Hampshire, 13 hospitals publish a cash price for earwax removal by irrigation (rinsing), one ear: from $20.00 to $330.04, with a median of $71.82. The lowest price is at Huggins Hospital (Wolfeboro). The highest price is 16.5× the lowest.
- The median here, $71.82, is 32% below the US median of $105.95.
- That is 1.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($60.27).
- New Hampshire ranks 10th of 49 states by median, cheapest first.
- 2 of 13 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
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 Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$20.00Huggins Hospital
Median$71.82half of hospitals charge less
Highest$330.04in New Hampshire
Lowest saves$51.82vs the median
Hospitals in New Hampshire, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huggins Hospital lowest Wolfeboro · Wolfeboro, NH REMOVAL OF IMPACTED EAR WAX BY WASHING | $20.00 | $40.00 | May 28, 2026 source file |
| Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough · Manchester-Nashua, NH MHP CERUMEN IMPACT IRRIG W/O INSTRUMENT | $24.00 | $40.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Valley Regional Hospital Claremont · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT REM IMPACT CERUMEN IRRIG/LAVAGE UB ONLY | $34.10 | $62.00 | Jun 6, 2026 source file |
| Southern NH Medical Center Nashua · Manchester-Nashua, NH REM IMPACT CERUMEN W/IRRIGATION | $55.13 | $149.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital one side Colebrook · Colebrook, NH REMOVE IMPACTED CERUMEN UNILAT | $63.27 | $114.00 | Nov 5, 2026 source file |
| Weeks Medical Center one side Lancaster · Lancaster, NH REMOVE IMPACTED CERUMEN UNILAT | $63.84 | $114.00 | Nov 12, 2026 source file |
| Androscoggin Valley Hospital one side Berlin · Berlin, NH REMOVE IMPACTED CERUMEN UNILAT | $71.82 | $114.00 | Nov 5, 2026 source file |
| Littleton Regional Healthcare Littleton · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI | $84.68 | $146.00 | May 20, 2026 source file |
| Speare Memorial Hospital Plymouth · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT ED Cerumen lavage unltrl 69209 | $89.90 | $145.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Elliot Hospital Manchester · Manchester-Nashua, NH Rem Impact Cerumen W/Irrigation | $90.28 | $244.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua · Manchester-Nashua, NH HC REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX IRRIGATE/ LVG UNI | $99.06 | $254.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Memorial Hospital one side North Conway · North Conway, NH HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN IRRIGATION/LVG UNILAT | $117.75 | $117.75 | Sep 9, 2025 source file |
| Exeter Hospital Exeter · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC REM IMPACTED CERUMEN IRREGATION OR LEVAGE UNI | $330.04 | $330.04 | 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.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester-Nashua, NH | 4 | $24.00 | $72.70 |
| Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 3 | $34.10 | $84.68 |
| Berlin, NH | 1 | $71.82 | $71.82 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 1 | $330.04 | $330.04 |
| Colebrook, NH | 1 | $63.27 | $63.27 |
| Lancaster, NH | 1 | $63.84 | $63.84 |
| North Conway, NH | 1 | $117.75 | $117.75 |
| Wolfeboro, NH | 1 | $20.00 | $20.00 |
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
- Alabama$99.59
- Alaska$91.26
- Arizona$440.63
- Arkansas$54.00
- California$177.52
- Colorado$122.01
- Connecticut$115.80
- Delaware$246.96
- District of Columbia$187.73, 3 hospitals
- Florida$188.65
- Georgia$102.60
- Hawaii$219.80
- Idaho$111.80
- Illinois$115.44
- Indiana$175.80
- Iowa$69.19
- Kansas$97.16
- Kentucky$104.70
- Louisiana$76.59
- Maine$51.10
- Maryland$35.54, 2 hospitals
- Massachusetts$208.00
- Michigan$101.90
- Minnesota$77.42
- Mississippi$56.80
- Missouri$110.50
- Montana$43.90
- Nebraska$63.38
- Nevada$84.50
- New Jersey$372.02
- New Mexico$132.60
- New York$121.00
- North Carolina$106.20
- North Dakota$60.80
- Ohio$154.70
- Oklahoma$61.80
- Oregon$77.73
- Pennsylvania$139.80
- Puerto Rico$50.50, 2 hospitals
- Rhode Island$179.83
- South Carolina$117.50
- South Dakota$163.60
- Tennessee$45.30
- Texas$111.30
- Utah$164.64
- Vermont$99.50
- Virginia$97.50
- Washington$111.36
- West Virginia$84.25
- Wisconsin$88.31
- Wyoming$91.00
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.