Ear tubes, local anesthesia cost in Florida
In Florida, 23 hospitals publish a cash price for ear tube placement (tympanostomy) with local anesthesia, one ear: from $74.25 to $4,358.75, with a median of $1,072.00. The lowest price is at Baptist Health Care (Pensacola). The highest price is 58.7× the lowest.
- The median here, $1,072.00, is 45% above the US median of $741.60.
- That is 1.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($551.01).
- Florida ranks 29th of 34 states by median, cheapest first.
- 3 of 23 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 69433. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 5, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$74.25Baptist Health Care
Median$1,072.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$4,358.75in Florida
Lowest saves$997.75vs the median
Hospitals in Florida, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Health Care lowest Pensacola · Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL TYMPANOSTOMY LOCAL/TOPICAL ANESTHESIA | $74.25 | $495.00 | Dec 23, 2025 source file |
| H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Hospital Tampa · Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL TYMPANOSTOMY REQUIRING INSERTION OF VENTILATING TUBE LOCAL OR TOPICAL ANESTHESIA | $477.50 | $955.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Jackson Health System Miami · Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Incision of eardrum with insertion of eardrum tube under local or topical anesthesia | $481.00 | $1,037.00 | Oct 13, 2026 source file |
| Coral Gables Hospital Coral Gables · Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL CREATE EARDRUM OPENING | $554.20 | — | Aug 31, 2026 source file |
| Hialeah Hospital Hialeah · Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL CREATE EARDRUM OPENING | $554.20 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| North Shore Medical Center Miami · Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL CREATE EARDRUM OPENING | $554.20 | — | Sep 16, 2026 source file |
| Orlando Health Orlando · Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Hb Tympanostomy-Insertion Of Ventilating Ear Tube | $1,072.00 | $2,680.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital Saint Petersburg · Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Hb Tympanostomy-Insertion Of Ventilating Ear Tube | $1,072.00 | $2,680.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Orlando Health Central Ocoee · Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Hb Tympanostomy-Insertion Of Ventilating Ear Tube | $1,072.00 | $2,680.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Orlando Health Lakeland Highlands Hospital Lakeland · Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Hb Tympanostomy-Insertion Of Ventilating Ear Tube | $1,072.00 | $2,680.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Orlando Health Melbourne Hospital Melbourne · Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Hb Tympanostomy-Insertion Of Ventilating Ear Tube | $1,072.00 | $2,680.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital Sebastian · Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Hb Tympanostomy-Insertion Of Ventilating Ear Tube | $1,072.00 | $2,680.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Orlando Health St Cloud Hospital Saint Cloud · Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Hb Tympanostomy-Insertion Of Ventilating Ear Tube | $1,072.00 | $2,680.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Orlando Health Wiregrass Ranch Hospital Wesley Chapel · Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Hb Tympanostomy-Insertion Of Ventilating Ear Tube | $1,072.00 | $2,680.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| South Lake Hospital Clermont · Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Hb Tympanostomy-Insertion Of Ventilating Ear Tube | $1,072.00 | $2,680.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth Orlando Orlando · Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL HC CREATE EARDRUM OPENING,LOC/TOP ANESTH | $1,426.00 | $1,426.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwest Florida Community Hospital Chipley · Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL TYMPANOSTOMY, LOCAL/TOPICAL ANESTHESIA | $1,628.00 | $2,035.00 | May 19, 2026 source file |
| Cleveland Clinic Hospital Weston · Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL TYMPANOSTOMY LOCAL/TOPICAL ANESTHESIA | $1,654.90 | $2,546.00 | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital Stuart · Port St. Lucie, FL TYMPANOSTOMY LOCAL/TOPICAL ANESTHESIA | $1,654.90 | $2,546.00 | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth Sebring Sebring · Sebring, FL HC CREATE EARDRUM OPENING,LOC/TOP ANESTH | $1,732.95 | $1,732.95 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth Carrollwood Tampa · Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL HC CREATE EARDRUM OPENING,LOC/TOP ANESTH | $1,758.71 | $1,758.71 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Tampa General Hospital Tampa · Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Hb Tympanostomy W Tube | $2,505.65 | $7,159.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Palmetto General Hospital Hialeah · Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL CREATE EARDRUM OPENING | $4,358.75 | — | Sep 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 6 | $481.00 | $554.20 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 5 | $1,072.00 | $1,072.00 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 5 | $477.50 | $1,072.00 |
| Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 1 | $1,072.00 | $1,072.00 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 1 | $1,072.00 | $1,072.00 |
| Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | 1 | $1,628.00 | $1,628.00 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 1 | $74.25 | $74.25 |
| Port St. Lucie, FL | 1 | $1,654.90 | $1,654.90 |
| Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL | 1 | $1,072.00 | $1,072.00 |
| Sebring, FL | 1 | $1,732.95 | $1,732.95 |
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 tubes, local anesthesia is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Ear tubes, local anesthesia explained.
Ear tube placement (tympanostomy) with local anesthesia, one ear in other states
- Alabama$279.75, 1 hospital
- Alaska$938.00, 3 hospitals
- Arizona$584.09, 2 hospitals
- Arkansas$468.00
- California$1,024.40
- Colorado$470.43, 3 hospitals
- Connecticut$738.24, 1 hospital
- Delaware$2,746.00, 1 hospital
- District of Columbia$1,678.43, 1 hospital
- Georgia$911.43
- Hawaii$1,221.50, 3 hospitals
- Idaho$709.71
- Illinois$550.00
- Indiana$593.60, 3 hospitals
- Iowa$417.02
- Kansas$446.40
- Kentucky$323.80
- Louisiana$508.00
- Maine$344.25
- Massachusetts$1,424.50
- Michigan$326.23
- Minnesota$437.38
- Mississippi$370.80
- Missouri$541.70
- Montana$435.78
- Nebraska$455.17
- Nevada$807.20, 2 hospitals
- New Jersey$3,886.00
- New Mexico$389.92, 2 hospitals
- New York$1,089.00
- North Carolina$651.78
- North Dakota$996.83
- Ohio$1,324.05
- Oklahoma$284.00
- Oregon$563.08
- Pennsylvania$1,096.60
- Rhode Island$2,938.32, 2 hospitals
- South Carolina$999.22
- South Dakota$741.60
- Tennessee$380.60
- Texas$811.68
- Utah$875.98, 1 hospital
- Vermont$352.40, 4 hospitals
- Virginia$818.00
- Washington$523.75
- West Virginia$620.00
- Wisconsin$522.60
- Wyoming$458.28, 2 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.