Ear tubes, local anesthesia cost in Michigan
In Michigan, 18 hospitals publish a cash price for ear tube placement (tympanostomy) with local anesthesia, one ear: from $143.50 to $1,604.25, with a median of $326.23. The lowest price is at University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Carson (Carson City) and 4 other hospitals. The highest price is 11.2× the lowest.
- The median here, $326.23, is 56% below the US median of $741.60.
- That is 0.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($551.01).
- Michigan ranks 3rd of 34 states by median, cheapest first.
- 2 of 18 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 8, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$143.50University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Carson + 4 more
Median$326.23half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,604.25in Michigan
Lowest saves$182.73vs the median
Hospitals in Michigan, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Carson lowest Carson City · Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI HB Create Eardrum Opening | $143.50 | $574.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Clinton lowest St. Johns · Lansing-East Lansing, MI HB Create Eardrum Opening | $143.50 | $574.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Eaton lowest Charlotte · Lansing-East Lansing, MI HB Create Eardrum Opening | $143.50 | $574.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Ionia lowest Ionia · Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI HB Create Eardrum Opening | $143.50 | $574.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Lansing lowest Lansing · Lansing-East Lansing, MI HB Create Eardrum Opening | $143.50 | $574.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Healthcare Owosso · Owosso, MI CREATE EARDRUM OPENING-PhHOS | $164.80 | $206.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Holland Community Hospital Holland · Holland, MI Incision of eardrum with insertion of eardrum tube under local or topical anesthesia | $195.00 | $325.00 | Sep 21, 2026 source file |
| McKenzie Memorial Hospital Sandusky · Sandusky, MI CREATE EARDRUM OPENING | $256.80 | $321.00 | May 31, 2025 source file |
| Deckerville Community Hospital Deckerville · Deckerville, MI Tympanostomy Local/Topical Anesthesia | $262.96 | $346.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| McLaren Bay Region Bay City · Bay City, MI Tympanostomy w/ Tube Insert Local/Topical Anesthesia 69433 | $389.50 | $779.00 | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Aspirus Iron River Hospital Iron River · Iron River, MI Fac Tympanostomy Local/Topical Anesthesia | $522.60 | $804.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Aspirus Ironwood Hospital Ironwood · Ironwood, MI Fac Tympanostomy Local/Topical Anesthesia | $522.60 | $804.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital Laurium · Houghton, MI Fac Tympanostomy Local/Topical Anesthesia | $522.60 | $804.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| University of Michigan Health Ann Arbor · Ann Arbor, MI HC-Create Eardrum Opening,Local Anesthesia | $724.00 | $1,810.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Henry Ford Health Hospital Detroit · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI HB TYMPANOSTOMY LOCAL/TOPICAL ANESTHESIA | $741.60 | $394.00 | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI HB TYMPANOSTOMY LOCAL/TOPICAL ANESTHESIA | $741.60 | $394.00 | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| McLaren Lapeer Region Lapeer · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Tympanostomy w/ Tube Insert Local/Topical Anesthesia 69433 | $847.70 | $1,695.40 | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| VHS Sinai Grace Hospital Detroit · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI TYMPANOSTOMY INSERT VENT TUBE | $1,604.25 | $2,139.00 | Apr 8, 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
Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 4 | $741.60 | $794.65 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 3 | $143.50 | $143.50 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 2 | $143.50 | $143.50 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 1 | $724.00 | $724.00 |
| Bay City, MI | 1 | $389.50 | $389.50 |
| Deckerville, MI | 1 | $262.96 | $262.96 |
| Holland, MI | 1 | $195.00 | $195.00 |
| Houghton, MI | 1 | $522.60 | $522.60 |
| Iron River, MI | 1 | $522.60 | $522.60 |
| Ironwood, MI | 1 | $522.60 | $522.60 |
| Owosso, MI | 1 | $164.80 | $164.80 |
| Sandusky, MI | 1 | $256.80 | $256.80 |
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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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
- Massachusetts$1,424.50
- Minnesota$478.79
- 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.