Ear tubes, local anesthesia cost in Pennsylvania
In Pennsylvania, 11 hospitals publish a cash price for ear tube placement (tympanostomy) with local anesthesia, one ear: from $147.60 to $4,470.00, with a median of $1,096.60. The lowest price is at Meadville Medical Center (Meadville). The highest price is 30.3× the lowest.
- The median here, $1,096.60, is 48% above the US median of $741.60.
- That is 2.0× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($551.01).
- Pennsylvania ranks 31st 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 Sep 27, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$147.60Meadville Medical Center
Median$1,096.60half of hospitals charge less
Highest$4,470.00in Pennsylvania
Lowest saves$949.00vs the median
Hospitals in Pennsylvania, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadville Medical Center one side lowest Meadville · Meadville, PA CREATE EARDRUM OPENING | $147.60 | $246.00 | Sep 11, 2026 source file |
| Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center Camp Hill · Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 69433 CREATE EARDRUM OPENING Tech | $790.76 | $3,310.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Regional Health Network Reading · Reading, PA 69433 Tympanostomy Local Anes | $860.93 | $3,310.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster · Lancaster, PA 69433 CREATE EARDRUM OPENING Tech | $959.57 | $3,310.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center Enola · Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 69433 CREATE EARDRUM OPENING Tech | $1,041.66 | $3,310.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey · Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 69433 Tympanostomy Local Anes | $1,096.60 | $3,310.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Wayne Memorial Hospital Honesdale · Honesdale, PA OR TYMPANOSTOMY W/ANES LOCAL | $1,192.80 | $1,704.00 | Sep 16, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA HC CREATE EARDRUM OPENING | $2,274.00 | $3,790.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| Wilkes-Barre General Hospital Wilkes-Barre · Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA CREATE EARDRUM OPENING | $2,513.04 | $10,471.00 | Dec 1, 2024 source file |
| UPMC Passavant - McCandless Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA HC CREATE EARDRUM OPENING | $2,813.40 | $4,689.00 | Mar 7, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA CREATE EARDRUM OPENING | $4,470.00 | $7,450.00 | Mar 6, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 3 | $790.76 | $1,041.66 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 3 | $2,274.00 | $2,813.40 |
| Honesdale, PA | 1 | $1,192.80 | $1,192.80 |
| Lancaster, PA | 1 | $959.57 | $959.57 |
| Meadville, PA | 1 | $147.60 | $147.60 |
| Reading, PA | 1 | $860.93 | $860.93 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | 1 | $2,513.04 | $2,513.04 |
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
- Oregon$563.08
- 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.