Ear tubes, local anesthesia cost in Kentucky
In Kentucky, 12 hospitals publish a cash price for ear tube placement (tympanostomy) with local anesthesia, one ear: from $110.40 to $2,575.86, with a median of $323.80. The lowest price is at Tug Valley Appalachian Regional Healthcare Regional Medical Center (South Williamson). The highest price is 23.3× the lowest.
- The median here, $323.80, is 56% below the US median of $741.60.
- That is 0.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($551.01).
- Kentucky ranks 2nd of 34 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
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 Oct 25, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$110.40Tug Valley Appalachian Regional Healthcare Regional Medical Center
Median$323.80half of hospitals charge less
Highest$2,575.86in Kentucky
Lowest saves$213.40vs the median
Hospitals in Kentucky, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tug Valley Appalachian Regional Healthcare Regional Medical Center lowest South Williamson · Pikeville, KY CREATE EARDRUM OPENING | $110.40 | $184.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| T J Samson Community Hospital Glasgow · Glasgow, KY Incision of eardrum with insertion of eardrum tube under local or topical anesthesia | $202.15 | $311.00 | Oct 21, 2026 source file |
| Jennie Stuart Medical Center Hopkinsville · Clarksville, TN-KY HC TYMPANOSTOMY LOCAL/TOPICAL ANESTHESIA | $211.27 | $681.50 | Feb 12, 2026 source file |
| Norton Audubon Hospital Louisville · Louisville, KY HB TYMPANOSTOMY | $323.80 | $1,619.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB TYMPANOSTOMY | $323.80 | $1,619.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Norton Children's Hospital Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB TYMPANOSTOMY | $323.80 | $1,619.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Norton Hospital Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB TYMPANOSTOMY | $323.80 | $1,619.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB TYMPANOSTOMY | $323.80 | $1,619.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB TYMPANOSTOMY | $323.80 | $1,619.00 | Feb 13, 2026 source file |
| Harrison Memorial Hospital one side Cynthiana · Cynthiana, KY INCISION OF EARDRUM WITH INSERTION OF EARDRUM TUBE UNDER LOCAL OR TOPICAL ANESTHESIA | $865.20 | $1,236.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| University of Kentucky Hospital one side Lexington · Lexington-Fayette, KY Hc Tympanostomy W/Ins Tube Unilateral | $1,285.70 | $3,214.25 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Georgetown Community Hospital Georgetown · Lexington-Fayette, KY Tympanostomy (requiring insertion of ventilating tube), local or topical anesthesia | $2,575.86 | $6,439.66 | Jul 10, 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
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 5 | $323.80 | $323.80 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 2 | $1,285.70 | $1,930.78 |
| Cynthiana, KY | 1 | $865.20 | $865.20 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 1 | $211.27 | $211.27 |
| Glasgow, KY | 1 | $202.15 | $202.15 |
| Louisville, KY | 1 | $323.80 | $323.80 |
| Pikeville, KY | 1 | $110.40 | $110.40 |
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
- 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
- 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.