Ear tubes, local anesthesia cost in South Carolina
In South Carolina, 6 hospitals publish a cash price for ear tube placement (tympanostomy) with local anesthesia, one ear: from $916.65 to $1,284.50, with a median of $999.22. The lowest price is at Edgefield County Healthcare An Affiliate of Self R (Edgefield) and 1 other hospital. The highest price is 1.4× the lowest.
- The median here, $999.22, is 35% above the US median of $741.60.
- That is 1.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($551.01).
- South Carolina ranks 27th 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 28, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$916.65Edgefield County Healthcare An Affiliate of Self R + 1 more
Median$999.22half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,284.50in South Carolina
Lowest saves$82.57vs the median
Hospitals in South Carolina, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgefield County Healthcare An Affiliate of Self R lowest Edgefield · Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC HC Tympanostomy Local/Topical Anesthesia | $916.65 | $1,527.75 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Self Regional Healthcare lowest Greenwood · Greenwood, SC HC Tympanostomy Local/Topical Anesthesia | $916.65 | $1,527.75 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades · Cades, SC HB TYMPANOSTOMY (INSERT V TB); LOCAL OR TOP ANESTHESIA | $929.00 | $1,858.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Abbeville Area Medical Center Abbeville · Greenwood, SC HC Tympanostomy Local/Topical Anesthesia | $1,069.43 | $1,527.75 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Health - Orangeburg Orangeburg · Orangeburg, SC HB TYMPANOSTOMY (INSERT V TB); LOCAL OR TOP ANESTHESIA | $1,284.50 | $2,569.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Medical Center Charleston · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HB TYMPANOSTOMY (INSERT V TB); LOCAL OR TOP ANESTHESIA | $1,284.50 | $2,569.00 | 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood, SC | 2 | $916.65 | $993.04 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 1 | $916.65 | $916.65 |
| Cades, SC | 1 | $929.00 | $929.00 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 1 | $1,284.50 | $1,284.50 |
| Orangeburg, SC | 1 | $1,284.50 | $1,284.50 |
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
- Pennsylvania$1,096.60
- Rhode Island$2,938.32, 2 hospitals
- 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.