Earwax removal cost in Indiana
In Indiana, 42 hospitals publish a cash price for earwax removal with instruments, one ear: from $24.24 to $5,439.20, with a median of $87.25. The lowest price is at Bluffton Regional Medical Center (Bluffton). The highest price is 224.4× the lowest.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 69210. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 24, 2026.
Lowest$24.24Bluffton Regional Medical Center
Median$87.25half pay less
Highest$5,439.20in Indiana
Lowest saves$63.01vs the median
Hospitals in Indiana, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center lowest Bluffton · Fort Wayne, IN 69210,LT REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX REQUIRING INSTRUM | $24.24 | $101.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Parkview Logansport Hospital Logansport · Logansport, IN HC REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI TECH | $25.55 | $51.10 | — source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN 69210 REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX REQUIRING INSTRUMENT | $27.27 | $101.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN 69210,53,59,RT REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI,DISTIN | $27.27 | $101.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| La Porte Hospital La Porte · Michigan City-La Porte, IN 69210 REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX REQUIRING INSTRUMENT | $28.71 | $87.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN 69210,LT REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX REQUIRING INSTRUM | $30.30 | $101.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Deaconess Hospital one side Newburgh · Evansville, IN PR REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENTATION UNILAT | $47.25 | $135.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Gibson General Hospital one side Princeton · Princeton, IN PR REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENTATION UNILAT | $47.25 | $135.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center one side Jasper · Jasper, IN PR REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENTATION UNILAT | $47.25 | $135.00 | Feb 13, 2026 source file |
| Dukes Memorial Hospital Peru · Peru, IN 69210,LT REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX REQUIRING INSTRUM | $50.50 | $101.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Carmel AmbSurg Carmel · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX | $57.60 | $96.00 | — source file |
| Endo Surgery Center Carmel · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX | $57.60 | $96.00 | — source file |
| Naab Road Surgery Center Indianapolis · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX | $57.60 | $96.00 | — source file |
| St. Vincent Carmel Hospital Carmel · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX | $57.60 | $96.00 | — source file |
| St. Vincent Fishers Hospital Fishers · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX | $57.60 | $96.00 | — source file |
| St. Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center Indianapolis · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX | $57.60 | $96.00 | — source file |
| St. Vincent Seton Specialty Hospital Indianapolis · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX | $57.60 | $96.00 | — source file |
| Monroe Hospital Bloomington · Bloomington, IN REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN WINST | $62.00 | $127.00 | Mar 17, 2026 source file |
| Putnam County Hospital Greencastle · Greencastle, IN Removal of impacted ear wax | $72.00 | $84.70 | Jun 30, 2026 source file |
| Witham Memorial Hospital Lebanon · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Removal of impacted ear wax | $77.18 | $110.25 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Decatur County Memorial Hospital Greensburg · Greensburg, IN Removal of impacted ear wax | $81.75 | $109.00 | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| Henry County Memorial Hospital New Castle · New Castle, IN Removal of impacted ear wax | $92.75 | $132.50 | Jun 3, 2026 source file |
| Johnson Memorial Hospital Franklin · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Removal of impacted ear wax | $96.00 | $120.00 | May 5, 2026 source file |
| Greene County General Hospital Linton · Linton, IN CERUMEN REMOVAL REQUIRING INSTRUMENTS SN | $98.76 | $164.60 | — source file |
| Mishawaka Medical Center one side Mishawaka · South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI PR Removal Cerumen Impacted Requiring Instrumentation Unilateral | $106.00 | $106.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| The Methodist Hospitals one side Gary · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HC Removal Impacted Cerumen Requiring Instrumentation, Unilateral | $110.60 | $158.00 | — source file |
| The Methodist Hospitals one side Merrillville · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HC Removal Impacted Cerumen Requiring Instrumentation, Unilateral | $110.60 | $158.00 | — source file |
| Adams County Memorial Hospital Decatur · Decatur, IN Removal of impacted ear wax | $126.00 | $126.00 | Aug 14, 2026 source file |
| Sullivan County Community Hospital Sullivan · Terre Haute, IN Removal of impacted ear wax | $126.38 | $168.50 | Jun 10, 2026 source file |
| Pulaski Memorial Hospital Winamac · Winamac, IN Removal of impacted ear wax | $138.18 | $197.40 | Jul 7, 2026 source file |
| Harrison County Hospital Corydon · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Removal of impacted ear wax | $151.80 | $253.00 | Jul 16, 2026 source file |
| Community Hospital of Bremen Bremen · Plymouth, IN REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX | $159.90 | $246.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hospital of South Bend South Bend · South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX | $161.85 | $249.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Riverview Health one side Noblesville · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN RVHH REM IMPACT CERUMEN INSTRUMENT UNILAT | $162.00 | $270.00 | — source file |
| Columbus Regional Hospital one side Columbus · Columbus, IN HC Removal Impacted Cerumen/Instrumentation-Rt | $180.80 | $226.00 | — source file |
| Ascension St Vincent Warrick Boonville · Evansville, IN REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX (WO CPT) | $280.80 | $468.00 | — source file |
| Baptist Health Floyd New Albany · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Removal of impacted ear wax | $291.50 | $388.66 | Sep 15, 2026 source file |
| Eskenazi Health one side Indianapolis · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN HC Cerumen Removal Unilateral | $452.70 | $503.00 | — source file |
| Ascension St Vincent Kokomo Kokomo · Kokomo, IN REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX | $459.60 | $766.00 | — source file |
| Uchicago Medicine Northwest Indiana one side Crown Point · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN REQUIRING INSTRUMENTATION, UNILATERAL | $535.00 | $535.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Goshen Health Surgery Center Goshen · Elkhart-Goshen, IN Instrum rm impact ear wax bil | $837.20 | $1,196.00 | Aug 13, 2026 source file |
| Goshen Hospital Goshen · Elkhart-Goshen, IN Remove impacted ear wax uni | $5,439.20 | $7,770.29 | Aug 14, 2026 source file |
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 11 | $57.60 | $57.60 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 4 | $24.24 | $27.27 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 3 | $110.60 | $110.60 |
| Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 2 | $837.20 | $3,138.20 |
| Evansville, IN | 2 | $47.25 | $164.02 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 2 | $151.80 | $221.65 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 2 | $106.00 | $133.92 |
| Bloomington, IN | 1 | $62.00 | $62.00 |
| Columbus, IN | 1 | $180.80 | $180.80 |
| Decatur, IN | 1 | $126.00 | $126.00 |
| Greencastle, IN | 1 | $72.00 | $72.00 |
| Greensburg, IN | 1 | $81.75 | $81.75 |
| Jasper, IN | 1 | $47.25 | $47.25 |
| Kokomo, IN | 1 | $459.60 | $459.60 |
| Linton, IN | 1 | $98.76 | $98.76 |
| Logansport, IN | 1 | $25.55 | $25.55 |
| Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 1 | $28.71 | $28.71 |
| New Castle, IN | 1 | $92.75 | $92.75 |
| Princeton, IN | 1 | $47.25 | $47.25 |
| Peru, IN | 1 | $50.50 | $50.50 |
| Plymouth, IN | 1 | $159.90 | $159.90 |
| Terre Haute, IN | 1 | $126.38 | $126.38 |
| Winamac, IN | 1 | $138.18 | $138.18 |
What it is
This code covers removal of impacted earwax by a clinician with instruments such as a curette or suction, for one ear. Rinsing the ear uses a different code (69209).
What the price covers
The price is for one ear. Both ears may be billed twice.
Earwax removal with instruments, one ear in other states
- Alabama$130.90
- Alaska$233.78
- Arizona$82.00
- Arkansas$85.10
- California$175.28
- Colorado$232.70
- Connecticut$142.87
- Delaware$259.56
- Florida$200.90
- Georgia$359.00
- Hawaii$324.88
- Idaho$166.00
- Illinois$125.00
- Iowa$107.68
- Kansas$267.08
- Kentucky$291.50
- Louisiana$71.20
- Maine$53.58
- Maryland$296.30
- Massachusetts$165.05
- Michigan$82.22
- Minnesota$134.00
- Mississippi$39.06
- Missouri$94.25
- Montana$64.60
- Nebraska$54.06
- Nevada$157.20
- New Hampshire$78.76
- New Jersey$75.44
- New Mexico$140.03
- New York$123.27
- North Carolina$156.50
- North Dakota$114.64
- Ohio$154.70
- Oklahoma$56.98
- Oregon$113.60
- Pennsylvania$120.60
- Rhode Island$121.80
- South Carolina$110.50
- South Dakota$178.40
- Tennessee$31.05
- Texas$155.76
- Utah$108.78
- Vermont$81.90
- Virginia$148.96
- Washington$171.60
- West Virginia$60.18
- Wisconsin$83.85
- Wyoming$69.56
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.