Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
REMOVE IMPACTED EAR WAX W/IRRI
Low
$8
Average
$216
Median
$80
High
$2.9k
Each hospital's average Medica rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
247 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 16.1× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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513 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Medica rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital Grand Rapids, MN facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $43 | $60 | $43 | 73% | 22–220 | $24 – $241 |
| 2 | Range Regional Health Services Hibbing, MN facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $43 | $60 | $43 | 73% | 22–220 | $24 – $241 |
| 3 | Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital Grand Rapids, MN facility · other · inpatient | 1 | $25 | $25 | — | — | 11–110 | $25 – $25 |
| 4 | Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital Grand Rapids, MN facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $87 | $101 | $57 | 56% | 11–110 | $58 – $241 |
| 5 | Range Regional Health Services Hibbing, MN facility · other · inpatient | 1 | $25 | $25 | — | — | 11–110 | $25 – $25 |
| 6 | Range Regional Health Services Hibbing, MN facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $87 | $101 | $57 | 56% | 11–110 | $58 – $241 |
| 7 | Fairview Health Services Wyoming, MN other · inpatient | 2 | $41 | $41 | — | — | 8–80 | $41 – $41 |
| 8 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $62 | $62 | — | — | 4–40 | $62 – $62 |
| 9 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $52 | $52 | — | — | 4–40 | $52 – $52 |
| 10 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN other · outpatient | 1 | $52 | $52 | — | — | 4–40 | $52 – $52 |
| 11 | Fairview Health Services Wyoming, MN percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $49 | $55 | $11 | 19% | 4–40 | $49 – $74 |
| 12 | HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $45 | $45 | — | — | 4–40 | $45 – $45 |
| 13 | HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MN other · outpatient | 1 | $45 | $45 | — | — | 4–40 | $45 – $45 |
| 14 | WINNESHIEK MEDICAL CENTER Decorah, IA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $71 | $72 | $1 | 2% | 3–30 | $71 – $73 |
| 15 | Avera Holy Family Hospital Estherville, IA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $75 | $81 | $18 | 22% | 2–20 | $62 – $115 |
| 16 | Avera Sacred Heart Hospital Yankton, SD percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $21 | $36 | $25 | 69% | 2–20 | $12 – $71 |
| 17 | Monument Health Network Inc Spearfish, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $77 | $103 | $49 | 47% | 2–20 | $61 – $172 |
| 18 | Monument Health Network Inc Deadwood, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $70 | $112 | $65 | 58% | 2–20 | $62 – $203 |
| 19 | Monument Health Network Inc Custer, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $70 | $109 | $67 | 62% | 2–20 | $54 – $203 |
| 20 | Monument Health Rapid City Hospital Inc City, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $61 | $95 | $55 | 57% | 2–20 | $51 – $172 |
| 21 | Pipestone County Medical Center Pipestone, MN percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $24 | $48 | $41 | 86% | 2–20 | $14 – $132 |
| 22 | Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji, MN percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $172 | $172 | $6 | 3% | 1–10 | $166 – $178 |
| 23 | ALEGENT CREIGHTON HEALTH Papillion, NE case rate · outpatient | 3 | $953 | $771 | $524 | 68% | — | $58 – $1.3k |
| 24 | ALEGENT CREIGHTON HEALTH Papillion, NE fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $44 | $58 | $35 | 60% | — | $30 – $115 |
| 25 | ALEGENT CREIGHTON HEALTH Plainview, NE fee schedule · inpatient | 4 | $120 | $132 | $81 | 62% | — | $38 – $243 |
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