Ear tubes, local anesthesia cost in Oregon
In Oregon, 8 hospitals publish a cash price for ear tube placement (tympanostomy) with local anesthesia, one ear: from $384.80 to $1,541.05, with a median of $563.08. The lowest price is at Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Ontario (Ontario). The highest price is 4.0× the lowest.
- The median here, $563.08, is 24% below the US median of $741.60.
- That is about the same as Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($551.01).
- Oregon ranks 18th of 34 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Oregon law (ORS 442.614) requires nonprofit hospitals to cut what patients owe for medically necessary care by 100% for household income up to 200% of the federal poverty level, and by at least 75%, 50% or 25% up to 400%. Ask the hospital for its financial assistance application. Other states' laws.
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$384.80Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Ontario
Median$563.08half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,541.05in Oregon
Lowest saves$178.28vs the median
Hospitals in Oregon, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Ontario one side lowest Ontario · Ontario, OR-ID HC Tympanostomy Local Anesthesia Rt | $384.80 | $592.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Oregon Health & Science University Portland · Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA HB Tympanostomy W/ Tubes | $412.75 | $635.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Columbia Memorial Hospital Astoria · Astoria, OR 69433 Tympanostomy insert vent tube local or topical anes | $516.00 | $645.00 | Jan 5, 2026 source file |
| Sky Lakes Medical Center Klamath Falls · Klamath Falls, OR HC Create Eardrum Opening Tech | $546.40 | $728.53 | Mar 25, 2026 source file |
| Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital Hood River · Hood River, OR HC PR 69433 CREATE EARDRUM OPENING LOCAL ANESTHESIA | $579.75 | $773.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Seaside Hospital Seaside · Astoria, OR HC PR 69433 CREATE EARDRUM OPENING LOCAL ANESTHESIA | $579.75 | $773.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Westside Hillsboro · Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA TYMPANOSTOMY LOCAL/TOPICAL ANESTHESIA | $1,541.05 | $1,813.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center Clackamas · Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA TYMPANOSTOMY LOCAL/TOPICAL ANESTHESIA | $1,541.05 | $1,813.00 | 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 3 | $412.75 | $1,541.05 |
| Astoria, OR | 2 | $516.00 | $547.88 |
| Hood River, OR | 1 | $579.75 | $579.75 |
| Klamath Falls, OR | 1 | $546.40 | $546.40 |
| Ontario, OR-ID | 1 | $384.80 | $384.80 |
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
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
- 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
- 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.