Ear tubes surgery cost in Indiana
In Indiana, 12 hospitals publish a cash price for ear tube placement (tympanostomy) under general anesthesia, one ear: from $317.52 to $27,304.75, with a median of $6,116.13. The lowest price is at Witham Memorial Hospital (Lebanon). The highest price is 86.0× the lowest.
- The median here, $6,116.13, is 121% above the US median of $2,762.69.
- Indiana ranks 35th of 36 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 69436. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 2, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$317.52Witham Memorial Hospital
Median$6,116.13half of hospitals charge less
Highest$27,304.75in Indiana
Lowest saves$5,798.61vs the median
Hospitals in Indiana, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Witham Memorial Hospital lowest Lebanon · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Incision of eardrum with placement of eardrum tube under general anesthesia | $317.52 | $453.60 | Oct 26, 2026 source file |
| Goshen Health Surgery Center Goshen · Elkhart-Goshen, IN Create eardrum opening | $1,633.80 | $2,334.00 | Aug 13, 2026 source file |
| Franciscan Health Crown Point Crown Point · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Tympanostomy General Anesthesia | $2,539.47 | $9,842.89 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Franciscan Health Michigan City Michigan City · Michigan City-La Porte, IN Tympanostomy General Anesthesia | $2,680.17 | $12,885.44 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwest Health - Porter Valparaiso · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN CREATE EARDRUM OPENING | $3,530.69 | $13,076.63 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Franciscan Health Dyer Dyer · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Tympanostomy General Anesthesia | $5,735.80 | $21,243.72 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Franciscan Health Indianapolis Indianapolis · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Tympanostomy General Anesthesia | $6,496.45 | $28,123.15 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN CREATE EARDRUM OPENING | $7,337.63 | $24,458.77 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN CREATE EARDRUM OPENING | $9,405.93 | $34,836.77 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwest Health-la Porte La Porte · Michigan City-La Porte, IN CREATE EARDRUM OPENING | $12,071.60 | $36,580.60 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Franciscan Health Lafayette Lafayette · Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Tympanostomy General Anesthesia | $17,837.65 | $80,713.37 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Goshen Hospital Goshen · Elkhart-Goshen, IN Create eardrum opening | $27,304.75 | $39,006.79 | Aug 14, 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.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 3 | $2,539.47 | $3,530.69 |
| Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 2 | $1,633.80 | $14,469.28 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 2 | $7,337.63 | $8,371.78 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 2 | $317.52 | $3,406.98 |
| Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 2 | $2,680.17 | $7,375.88 |
| Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 1 | $17,837.65 | $17,837.65 |
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 surgery is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Ear tubes surgery explained.
Ear tube placement (tympanostomy) under general anesthesia, one ear in other states
- Alabama$4,884.98
- Alaska$1,743.00, 3 hospitals
- Arizona$4,288.44
- Arkansas$1,975.24
- California$5,800.00
- Colorado$1,332.00
- Delaware$2,000.00, 3 hospitals
- Florida$7,768.00
- Georgia$2,001.00
- Hawaii$1,668.80, 4 hospitals
- Idaho$3,330.00
- Illinois$1,677.85
- Iowa$3,041.73
- Kansas$1,461.00
- Kentucky$5,127.08
- Louisiana$1,497.32
- Maine$362.90, 1 hospital
- Maryland$2,995.98, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$4,660.53
- Michigan$2,133.48
- Minnesota$1,841.80
- Mississippi$1,753.11
- Missouri$3,257.38
- Montana$1,417.75
- Nebraska$2,221.92
- Nevada$1,894.50
- New Hampshire$1,572.75, 2 hospitals
- New Jersey$4,338.73
- New Mexico$2,160.00, 4 hospitals
- New York$1,752.89
- North Carolina$2,225.80
- North Dakota$2,508.93
- Ohio$4,287.00
- Oklahoma$3,111.16
- Oregon$2,926.95, 3 hospitals
- Pennsylvania$3,189.76
- Puerto Rico$600.00, 1 hospital
- Rhode Island$4,512.01, 1 hospital
- South Carolina$5,198.12, 4 hospitals
- South Dakota$3,700.80
- Tennessee$2,177.67
- Texas$3,402.26
- Utah$2,335.22, 2 hospitals
- Vermont$402.50, 3 hospitals
- Virginia$4,338.69
- Washington$1,571.93
- West Virginia$1,755.75
- Wisconsin$610.62
- Wyoming$1,136.01, 2 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.