Earwax removal cost in New York
In New York, 63 hospitals publish a cash price for earwax removal with instruments, one ear: from $15.72 to $594.00, with a median of $123.27. The lowest price is at Arnot Ogden Medical Center (Elmira) and 2 other hospitals. The highest price is 37.8× 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$15.72Arnot Ogden Medical Center + 2 more
Median$123.27half pay less
Highest$594.00in New York
Lowest saves$107.55vs the median
Hospitals in New York, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnot Ogden Medical Center one side lowest Elmira · Elmira, NY HC Removal Impacted Cerumen Instrumentation Unilat | $15.72 | $78.62 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital one side lowest Bath · Corning, NY HC Removal Impacted Cerumen Instrumentation Unilat | $15.72 | $78.62 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| St. Joseph's Hospital Campus one side lowest Elmira · Elmira, NY HC Removal Impacted Cerumen Instrumentation Unilat | $15.72 | $78.62 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Westfield Memorial Hospital one side Westfield · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY PR REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENTATION UNILAT | $19.80 | $90.00 | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Niagara Falls · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY REMOVAL OF IMPACTED EAR WAX | $35.81 | $51.15 | — source file |
| St. Barnabas Hospital one side Bronx · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PR REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENTATION UNILAT | $37.28 | $138.53 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY RMV IMPACT CERUMEN INSTR | $42.00 | $70.00 | — source file |
| Schuyler Hospital one side Montour Falls · Montour Falls, NY HC Removal Impacted Cerumen Instrumentation Unilat | $42.84 | $214.20 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp one side Wellsville · Wellsville, NY PR REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENTATION UNILAT | $45.32 | $76.00 | — source file |
| Samaritan Hospital one side Troy · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY HC Removal Cerumen Impacted Unilateral Lt | $46.80 | $72.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Peters Hospital one side Albany · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY HC Removal Cerumen Impacted Unilateral Lt | $46.80 | $72.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca one side Ithaca · Ithaca, NY HC Removal Impacted Cerumen Instrumentation Unilat | $50.82 | $254.10 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital one side Dansville · Rochester, NY PR REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENTATION UNILAT | $53.67 | $90.00 | — source file |
| Bellevue Hospital Center one side New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PR REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENTATION UNILAT | $60.27 | $77.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Kings County Hospital Center one side Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PR REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENTATION UNILAT | $60.27 | $79.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals one side Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PR REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENTATION UNILAT | $60.27 | $76.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Elizabethtown Community Hospital one side Elizabethtown · Elizabethtown, NY PR REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENTATION UNILAT | $61.00 | $61.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| F.F. Thompson Hospital one side Canandaigua · Rochester, NY HB Removal Impacted Cerumen Instrumentation Unilat (Pro) | $62.00 | — | — source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center one side Syracuse · Syracuse, NY PR Removal Cerumen Impacted Requiring Instrumentation Unilateral | $67.00 | $67.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Highland Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY Remove impacted ear wax uni | $70.02 | — | — source file |
| Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY Remove impacted ear wax uni | $70.02 | — | — source file |
| Jacobi Medical Center Bronx · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN (SEPARATE PROCEDURE), 1 OR BOTH EARS | $70.29 | $407.63 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN (SEPARATE PROCEDURE), 1 OR BOTH EARS | $70.29 | $407.63 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Broadway Elmhurst · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN (SEPARATE PROCEDURE), 1 OR BOTH EARS | $70.29 | $407.63 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| St. James Hospital one side Hornell · Corning, NY PR REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENTATION UNILAT | $85.42 | $143.25 | — source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX, ONE OR BOTH EARS | $95.00 | $95.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center one side Plattsburgh · Plattsburgh, NY PR REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENTATION UNILAT | $101.00 | $101.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Erie County Medical Center Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI | $101.85 | — | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning · Corning, NY Impacted Cerumen Removal | $117.00 | $146.25 | — source file |
| Guthrie Cortland Medical Center Cortland · Cortland, NY Impacted Cerumen Removal | $117.00 | $146.25 | — source file |
| Slhs Massena one side Massena · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENTATION_ UNILATERAL | $123.21 | $189.56 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Gouverneur Hospital one side Gouverneur · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENTATION_ UNILATERAL | $123.27 | $189.64 | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo one side Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY HC Pbb Removal Impacted Cerumen Instrumentation Unilat | $129.00 | $129.00 | — source file |
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital one side Lewiston · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY HC Pbb Removal Impacted Cerumen Instrumentation Unilat | $129.00 | $129.00 | — source file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital one side Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY HC Removal Impacted Cerumen Instrumentation Unilat | $129.00 | $129.00 | — source file |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI | $130.20 | $186.00 | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| Crouse Hospital Syracuse · Syracuse, NY REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WX UNI | $131.00 | $131.00 | — source file |
| Stony Brook Southampton Hospital Southampton · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ REMOVAL OF IMPACTED EAR WAX | $131.66 | $131.66 | — source file |
| Canton-Potsdam Hospital one side Potsdam · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENTATION_ UNILATERAL | $136.97 | $210.72 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone one side Mineola · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX RT | $140.68 | $740.44 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone one side Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX RT | $140.68 | $740.44 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone one side New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX RT | $140.68 | $740.44 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk one side Patchogue · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX RT | $140.68 | $740.44 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Flushing Hospital Medical Center Flushing · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI | $141.00 | $141.00 | — source file |
| Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI | $141.00 | $141.00 | — source file |
| United Memorial Medical Center one side Batavia · Batavia, NY HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENTATION_ UNILATERAL | $143.86 | $221.32 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Clifton Springs Hospital And Clinic one side Clifton Springs · Rochester, NY HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENTATION_ UNILATERAL | $146.22 | $224.95 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Alice Hyde Medical Center one side Malone · Malone, NY HC - REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENTATION UNILAT | $159.00 | $159.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Newark-Wayne Community Hospital one side Newark · Rochester, NY HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENTATION_ UNILATERAL | $192.19 | $295.67 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Rochester General Hospital one side Rochester · Rochester, NY HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENTATION_ UNILATERAL | $192.19 | $295.67 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Unity Hospital of Rochester one side Rochester · Rochester, NY HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENTATION_ UNILATERAL | $206.34 | $257.93 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center one side New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Removal Impacted Cerumen Instrumentation Unilat | $211.50 | $235.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Brooklyn one side Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Removal Impacted Cerumen Instrumentation Unilat | $211.50 | $235.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Morningside one side New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Removal Impacted Cerumen Instrumentation Unilat | $211.50 | $235.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Queens one side Long Island · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Removal Impacted Cerumen Instrumentation Unilat - 69210 | $211.50 | $235.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital one side New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Removal Impacted Cerumen Instrumentation Unilat - 69210 | $211.50 | $235.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Johns Episcopal Hospital Far Rockaway · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI | $224.83 | $224.83 | — source file |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Remove Impact Cerumen | $233.53 | $233.53 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown Campus Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ REMOVAL OF IMPACTED EAR WAX | $295.18 | $295.18 | — source file |
| Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI | $310.00 | $310.00 | — source file |
| St Johns Riverside Hospital Park Care Pavillion Yonkers · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI | $421.60 | $496.00 | — source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Rmvl Ear Wax W/Instrum Unil | $594.00 | $594.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Rmvl Ear Wax W/Instrum Unil | $594.00 | $594.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 27 | $37.28 | $140.68 |
| Rochester, NY | 8 | $53.67 | $108.12 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 6 | $35.81 | $129.00 |
| Corning, NY | 3 | $15.72 | $85.42 |
| Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 3 | $123.21 | $123.27 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 2 | $46.80 | $46.80 |
| Elmira, NY | 2 | $15.72 | $15.72 |
| Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY | 2 | $19.80 | $30.90 |
| Syracuse, NY | 2 | $67.00 | $99.00 |
| Batavia, NY | 1 | $143.86 | $143.86 |
| Cortland, NY | 1 | $117.00 | $117.00 |
| Elizabethtown, NY | 1 | $61.00 | $61.00 |
| Ithaca, NY | 1 | $50.82 | $50.82 |
| Malone, NY | 1 | $159.00 | $159.00 |
| Montour Falls, NY | 1 | $42.84 | $42.84 |
| Plattsburgh, NY | 1 | $101.00 | $101.00 |
| Wellsville, NY | 1 | $45.32 | $45.32 |
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
- Indiana$87.25
- 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
- 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.