Earwax removal cost in Tennessee
In Tennessee, 52 hospitals publish a cash price for earwax removal with instruments, one ear: from $16.20 to $3,236.83, with a median of $73.92. The lowest price is at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City (Union City). The highest price is 199.8× the lowest.
- The median here, $73.92, is 40% below the US median of $124.00.
- That is 1.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($60.27).
- Tennessee ranks 5th of 49 states by median, cheapest first.
- 1 of 52 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 69210. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 11, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$16.20Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Median$73.92half of hospitals charge less
Highest$3,236.83in Tennessee
Lowest saves$57.72vs the median
Hospitals in Tennessee, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City one side lowest Union City · Union City, TN HC ED 69210-REMOVE IMPACTED CERUMEN W INSTRUMENT-UNILATERAL | $16.20 | $81.00 | Feb 25, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville one side Collierville · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC ED 69210-REMOVE IMPACTED CERUMEN W INSTRUMENT-UNILATERAL | $17.64 | $84.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis one side Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC ED 69210-REMOVE IMPACTED CERUMEN W INSTRUMENT-UNILATERAL | $17.64 | $84.00 | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's one side Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC ED 69210-REMOVE IMPACTED CERUMEN W INSTRUMENT-UNILATERAL | $17.64 | $84.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County one side Huntingdon · Huntingdon, TN HC ED 69210-REMOVE IMPACTED CERUMEN W INSTRUMENT-UNILATERAL | $19.32 | $84.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton one side Covington · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC ED 69210-REMOVE IMPACTED CERUMEN W INSTRUMENT-UNILATERAL | $20.16 | $84.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown · Morristown, TN CLEAN IMPACTED EAR INSTRUMENT UNI | $27.00 | $90.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Cumberland Medical Center Crossville · Crossville, TN CLEAN IMPACTED EAR INSTRUMENT UNI | $28.80 | $90.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge · Knoxville, TN CLEAN IMPACTED EAR INSTRUMENT UNI | $29.70 | $90.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Hancock County Hospital Sneedville · Sneedville, TN HC REMOVE IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENT UNIL | $30.36 | $132.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Johnson County Community Hospital Mountain City · Mountain City, TN HC REMOVE IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENT UNIL | $30.36 | $132.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center Bristol · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC REMOVE IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENT UNIL | $31.05 | $207.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital Johnson City · Johnson City, TN HC REMOVE IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENT UNIL | $31.05 | $207.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Greeneville Community Hospital Greeneville · Greeneville, TN HC REMOVE IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENT UNIL | $31.05 | $207.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital Rogersville · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC REMOVE IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENT UNIL | $31.05 | $207.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Holston Valley Medical Center Kingsport · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC REMOVE IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENT UNIL | $31.05 | $207.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Indian Path Community Hospital Kingsport · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC REMOVE IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENT UNIL | $31.05 | $207.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Johnson City Medical Center Johnson City · Johnson City, TN HC REMOVE IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENT UNIL | $31.05 | $207.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Sycamore Shoals Hospital Elizabethton · Johnson City, TN HC REMOVE IMPACTED CERUMEN INSTRUMENT UNIL | $31.05 | $207.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Metro Nashville General Hospital Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 69210 Removal of ear wax instrumentation | $37.20 | $62.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Hardin County General Hospital Savannah · Savannah, TN Ear Irrigation POC | $40.11 | $105.00 | May 1, 2026 source file |
| Maury Regional Hospital Columbia · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN EAR LAVAGE | $41.00 | $100.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| CHI Memorial Hospital - Hixson Hixson · Chattanooga, TN-GA HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN | $70.75 | $239.00 | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX UNI | $73.76 | — | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Methodist North Hospital one side Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Removal Impacted Cerumen Instrumentation Unilat | $73.92 | $336.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist University Hospital one side Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Removal Impacted Cerumen Instrumentation Unilat | $73.92 | $336.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital one side Germantown · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Removal Impacted Cerumen Instrumentation Unilat | $73.92 | $336.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Rhea Medical Center Dayton · Dayton, TN REMOVAL OF EAR WAX WITH INSTRUMENT 69210 | $87.72 | $129.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Jackson-Madison County General Hospital one side Jackson · Jackson, TN HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN REQUIRING INSTRUMENTATION, UNILATERAL | $88.50 | $295.00 | Jun 5, 2026 source file |
| West Tennessee Healthcare Bolivar Hospital one side Bolivar · Bolivar, TN HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN REQUIRING INSTRUMENTATION, UNILATERAL | $88.50 | $295.00 | Jun 2, 2026 source file |
| West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital one side Camden · Camden, TN HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN REQUIRING INSTRUMENTATION, UNILATERAL | $88.50 | $295.00 | Jun 2, 2026 source file |
| West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital one side Dyersburg · Dyersburg, TN HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN REQUIRING INSTRUMENTATION, UNILATERAL | $88.50 | $295.00 | Jun 2, 2026 source file |
| West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital one side Milan · Jackson, TN HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN REQUIRING INSTRUMENTATION, UNILATERAL | $88.50 | $295.00 | Jun 2, 2026 source file |
| West Tennessee Healthcare Volunteer Hospital one side Martin · Martin, TN HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN REQUIRING INSTRUMENTATION, UNILATERAL | $88.50 | $295.00 | Jun 2, 2026 source file |
| Sumner Regional Medical Center one side Gallatin · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Removal impacted cerumen requiring instrumentation, unilateral | $89.99 | $386.23 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Health Care System Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN-GA HC REMOVAL IMPACTED CERUMEN | $101.10 | $239.00 | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Macon Community Hospital Lafayette · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 69210 REMOVEMPACTED CERUMEN TECHFEE | $106.92 | $178.20 | Mar 21, 2026 source file |
| Starr Regional Medical Center - Athens one side Athens · Athens, TN Removal impacted cerumen requiring instrumentation, unilateral | $107.72 | $549.57 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Shelbyville · Shelbyville, TN HC REMOVE CERUMEN IMPACTED | $117.45 | $405.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Tullahoma · Tullahoma-Manchester, TN HC REMOVE CERUMEN IMPACTED | $117.45 | $405.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HC REMOVE CERUMEN IMPACTED | $117.45 | $405.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp one side Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Removal Impacted Cerumen Instrumentation Unilat | $120.56 | $548.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County Hospital Paris · Paris, TN IMPACTION CERUMEN | $123.00 | $123.00 | Jun 2, 2026 source file |
| Regional One Health Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR 6541527126 - REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX 69210 | $130.99 | $203.71 | Mar 25, 2026 source file |
| Trousdale Medical Center one side Hartsville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Removal impacted cerumen requiring instrumentation, unilateral | $174.17 | $343.54 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital Pikeville · Pikeville, TN HC Rem Impacted Cerumen | $177.16 | $613.00 | Jan 25, 2026 source file |
| Lincoln Medical Center Fayetteville · Fayetteville, TN CERUMEN REMOVAL | $182.96 | $386.00 | Jul 31, 2026 source file |
| STRHS Winchester one side Winchester · Winchester, TN Removal impacted cerumen requiring instrumentation, unilateral | $212.68 | $861.04 | Jul 11, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital Clarksville · Clarksville, TN-KY REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX | $242.51 | $1,250.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Erlanger Health Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN-GA HC Rem Impacted Cerumen | $323.66 | $613.00 | Jan 25, 2026 source file |
| Methodist South Hospital one side Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Removal Impacted Cerumen Instrumentation Unilat | $1,750.23 | $7,955.57 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Physicians Regional Medical Center Powell · Knoxville, TN REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX | $3,236.83 | $14,290.65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 10 | $17.64 | $73.92 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 7 | $37.20 | $89.99 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 4 | $31.05 | $31.05 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 3 | $70.75 | $101.10 |
| Johnson City, TN | 3 | $31.05 | $31.05 |
| Jackson, TN | 2 | $88.50 | $88.50 |
| Knoxville, TN | 2 | $29.70 | $1,633.26 |
| Athens, TN | 1 | $107.72 | $107.72 |
| Bolivar, TN | 1 | $88.50 | $88.50 |
| Camden, TN | 1 | $88.50 | $88.50 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 1 | $242.51 | $242.51 |
| Crossville, TN | 1 | $28.80 | $28.80 |
| Dayton, TN | 1 | $87.72 | $87.72 |
| Dyersburg, TN | 1 | $88.50 | $88.50 |
| Fayetteville, TN | 1 | $182.96 | $182.96 |
| Greeneville, TN | 1 | $31.05 | $31.05 |
| Huntingdon, TN | 1 | $19.32 | $19.32 |
| Mountain City, TN | 1 | $30.36 | $30.36 |
| Martin, TN | 1 | $88.50 | $88.50 |
| Morristown, TN | 1 | $27.00 | $27.00 |
| Pikeville, TN | 1 | $177.16 | $177.16 |
| Paris, TN | 1 | $123.00 | $123.00 |
| Savannah, TN | 1 | $40.11 | $40.11 |
| Sneedville, TN | 1 | $30.36 | $30.36 |
| Shelbyville, TN | 1 | $117.45 | $117.45 |
| Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | 1 | $117.45 | $117.45 |
| Union City, TN | 1 | $16.20 | $16.20 |
| Winchester, TN | 1 | $212.68 | $212.68 |
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
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Earwax removal with instruments, one ear in other states
- Alabama$98.00
- Alaska$200.46
- Arizona$407.00
- Arkansas$91.25
- California$189.00
- Colorado$159.36
- Connecticut$170.50
- Delaware$259.56
- District of Columbia$218.16, 3 hospitals
- Florida$202.48
- Georgia$359.00
- Hawaii$202.30
- Idaho$103.45
- Illinois$125.00
- Indiana$159.90
- Iowa$101.43
- Kansas$120.56
- Kentucky$110.40
- Louisiana$65.00
- Maine$59.60
- Maryland$355.36, 4 hospitals
- Massachusetts$273.15
- Michigan$94.00
- Minnesota$123.66
- Mississippi$80.50
- Missouri$103.73
- Montana$85.23
- Nebraska$85.00
- Nevada$164.10
- New Hampshire$65.58
- New Jersey$279.80
- New Mexico$149.40
- New York$130.00
- North Carolina$145.85
- North Dakota$115.00
- Ohio$154.70
- Oklahoma$75.00
- Oregon$112.00
- Pennsylvania$134.10
- Puerto Rico$45.41, 2 hospitals
- Rhode Island$121.80
- South Carolina$126.75
- South Dakota$167.00
- Texas$124.51
- Utah$143.78
- Vermont$165.97
- Virginia$172.28
- Washington$170.47
- West Virginia$70.75
- Wisconsin$83.85
- Wyoming$157.09
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.