Ear tubes, local anesthesia cost in Massachusetts
In Massachusetts, 13 hospitals publish a cash price for ear tube placement (tympanostomy) with local anesthesia, one ear: from $794.00 to $4,150.00, with a median of $1,424.50. The lowest price is at Southcoast Hospitals Group (Fall River) and 2 other hospitals. The highest price is 5.2× the lowest.
- The median here, $1,424.50, is 92% above the US median of $741.60.
- That is 2.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($551.01).
- Massachusetts ranks 33rd of 34 states by median, cheapest first.
- 7 of 13 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 29, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$794.00Southcoast Hospitals Group + 2 more
Median$1,424.50half of hospitals charge less
Highest$4,150.00in Massachusetts
Lowest saves$630.50vs the median
Hospitals in Massachusetts, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southcoast Hospitals Group lowest Fall River · Providence-Warwick, RI-MA HC Tympanostomy Local/Topical Anesthesia | $794.00 | $1,588.00 | Dec 15, 2025 source file |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group - St. Luke's Hospital lowest St. New Bedford · Providence-Warwick, RI-MA HC Tympanostomy Local/Topical Anesthesia | $794.00 | $1,588.00 | Dec 15, 2025 source file |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group - Tobey Hospital Campus lowest Wareham · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC Tympanostomy Local/Topical Anesthesia | $794.00 | $1,588.00 | Dec 15, 2025 source file |
| Boston Medical Center Brighton Boston · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC Tympanostomy Local/Topical Anesthesia | $889.15 | $1,975.88 | Mar 13, 2026 source file |
| Boston Medical Center Boston · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC Tympanostomy Local/Topical Anesthesia | $918.90 | $2,042.00 | Mar 13, 2026 source file |
| Holyoke Medical Center Holyoke · Springfield, MA Create Eardrum Opening | $947.00 | $947.00 | May 1, 2026 source file |
| Tufts Medical Center one side Boston · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC Tympanostomy Local; Unilateral | $1,424.50 | $2,035.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Cambridge Health Alliance Cambridge · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC Tympanostomy W/Tube Insertion | $1,431.00 | $1,431.00 | Mar 20, 2026 source file |
| Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington Burlington · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC TYMPANOSTOMY LOCAL TOPICAL ANES | $1,950.00 | $1,950.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UMass Memorial Medical Center Worcester · Worcester, MA HC Tympanostomy Loc/Anes W Tubes | $2,176.00 | $2,176.00 | Mar 26, 2026 source file |
| HealthAlliance - Clinton Hospital Leominster · Worcester, MA HC Tympanostomy Loc/Anes W Tubes | $2,576.00 | $2,576.00 | Mar 26, 2026 source file |
| New England Baptist Hospital Boston · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC TYMPANOSTOMY LOCAL TOPICAL ANES | $2,803.00 | $2,803.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC TYMPANOSTOMY LOCAL TOPICAL ANES | $4,150.00 | $4,150.00 | 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 8 | $794.00 | $1,427.75 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 2 | $794.00 | $794.00 |
| Worcester, MA | 2 | $2,176.00 | $2,376.00 |
| Springfield, MA | 1 | $947.00 | $947.00 |
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
- 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
- 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.