Ear tubes, local anesthesia cost in Mississippi
In Mississippi, 9 hospitals publish a cash price for ear tube placement (tympanostomy) with local anesthesia, one ear: from $173.60 to $876.99, with a median of $370.80. The lowest price is at Ochsner Rush Hospital (Meridian). The highest price is 5.1× the lowest.
- The median here, $370.80, is 50% below the US median of $741.60.
- That is 0.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($551.01).
- Mississippi ranks 5th 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 24, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$173.60Ochsner Rush Hospital
Median$370.80half of hospitals charge less
Highest$876.99in Mississippi
Lowest saves$197.20vs the median
Hospitals in Mississippi, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ochsner Rush Hospital lowest Meridian · Meridian, MS PR CREATE EARDRUM OPENING,LOCAL ANESTH | $173.60 | $496.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Singing River Gulfport Gulfport · Gulfport-Biloxi, MS CREATE EARDRUM OPENING | $247.20 | $1,236.00 | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Olive Branch Hospital Olive Branch · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Pbb Create Eardrum Opening,Local Anesth | $318.78 | $1,449.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Ocean Springs Hospital Ocean Springs · Gulfport-Biloxi, MS CREATE EARDRUM OPENING | $370.80 | $1,236.00 | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| Pascagoula Hospital Pascagoula · Gulfport-Biloxi, MS CREATE EARDRUM OPENING | $370.80 | $1,236.00 | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| UMMC Madison Canton · Jackson, MS 69433 INCISION EARDRUM WITH INSERTION EARDRUM TUBE UNDER LOCAL TOPICAL | $400.00 | $1,000.00 | Sep 21, 2026 source file |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson · Jackson, MS 69433 INCISION EARDRUM WITH INSERTION EARDRUM TUBE UNDER LOCAL TOPICAL | $400.00 | $1,000.00 | Sep 8, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Watkins Hospital Quitman · Meridian, MS PR CREATE EARDRUM OPENING,LOCAL ANESTH | $851.57 | $1,271.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Stennis Memorial Hospital DeKalb · DeKalb, MS PR CREATE EARDRUM OPENING,LOCAL ANESTH | $876.99 | $1,271.00 | 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 3 | $247.20 | $370.80 |
| Jackson, MS | 2 | $400.00 | $400.00 |
| Meridian, MS | 2 | $173.60 | $512.58 |
| DeKalb, MS | 1 | $876.99 | $876.99 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 1 | $318.78 | $318.78 |
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
- Massachusetts$1,424.50
- Michigan$326.23
- Minnesota$437.38
- 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.