Ear tubes, local anesthesia cost in Georgia
In Georgia, 15 hospitals publish a cash price for ear tube placement (tympanostomy) with local anesthesia, one ear: from $425.00 to $47,109.00, with a median of $911.43. The lowest price is at Colquitt Regional Medical Center (Moultrie). The highest price is 110.8× the lowest.
- The median here, $911.43, is 23% above the US median of $741.60.
- That is 1.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($551.01).
- Georgia ranks 25th of 34 states by median, cheapest first.
- 2 of 15 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 Sep 27, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$425.00Colquitt Regional Medical Center
Median$911.43half of hospitals charge less
Highest$47,109.00in Georgia
Lowest saves$486.43vs the median
Hospitals in Georgia, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colquitt Regional Medical Center lowest Moultrie · Moultrie, GA CREATE EARDRUM OPENING | $425.00 | $425.00 | Apr 13, 2026 source file |
| Mountain Lakes Medical Center Clayton · Clayton, GA OP FACILITY TYMPANOSTOMY LOC OR TOP ANES | $564.80 | $1,412.00 | May 8, 2026 source file |
| Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Hc Tympanostomy Local/Topical Anesthesia | $911.43 | $2,337.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Hc Tympanostomy Local/Topical Anesthesia | $911.43 | $2,337.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Hc Tympanostomy Local/Topical Anesthesia | $911.43 | $2,337.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated With Med Col Augusta · Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Hc Tympanostomy Local/Topical Anesthesia | $911.43 | $2,337.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Hc Tympanostomy Local/Topical Anesthesia | $911.43 | $2,337.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Hc Tympanostomy Local/Topical Anesthesia | $911.43 | $2,337.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care At Warm Sp Warm Springs · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Hc Tympanostomy Local/Topical Anesthesia | $911.43 | $2,337.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Hc Tympanostomy Local/Topical Anesthesia | $911.43 | $2,337.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Hc Tympanostomy Local/Topical Anesthesia | $911.43 | $2,337.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center LaGrange · LaGrange, GA-AL Hc Tympanostomy Local/Topical Anesthesia | $911.43 | $2,337.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital Marietta · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Hc Tympanostomy Local/Topical Anesthesia | $911.43 | $2,337.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton one side Carrollton · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA INCISION OF EARDRUM WITH INSERTION OF EARDRUM TUBE UNDER LOCAL OR TOPICAL ANESTHESIA | $2,873.60 | $7,184.00 | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta – Meridian Mark Atlanta · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Incision of eardrum w/ insertion of eardrum tube | $47,109.00 | $47,109.00 | May 14, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 11 | $911.43 | $911.43 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 1 | $911.43 | $911.43 |
| Clayton, GA | 1 | $564.80 | $564.80 |
| LaGrange, GA-AL | 1 | $911.43 | $911.43 |
| Moultrie, GA | 1 | $425.00 | $425.00 |
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 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
- Florida$1,072.00
- 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.