RC 516
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
Removal of impacted ear wax
Low
$22
Average
$507
Median
$444
High
$1.5k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
37 payers; the 90th percentile is 4.9× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many payers fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| 1 | UnitedHealthcare case rate · outpatient · +19 other terms | 29 | $147 | $143 | $62 | 43% | 11 | $1 – $3.1k |
| 2 | MultiPlan percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges · +5 other terms | 27 | $260 | $362 | $468 | 129% | 1–10 | $13 – $3.2k |
| 3 | Cigna case rate · outpatient · +18 other terms | 59 | $196 | $163 | $101 | 62% | — | $94 – $560 |
| 4 | Molina case rate · outpatient · +9 other terms | 27 | $160 | $274 | $396 | 145% | — | $90 – $2.4k |
| 5 | Aetna case rate · outpatient · +17 other terms | 22 | $145 | $180 | $194 | 107% | — | $15 – $2.1k |
| 6 | Anthem case rate · outpatient · +12 other terms | 21 | $217 | $214 | $43 | 20% | — | $129 – $281 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms | 17 | $267 | $561 | $1.0k | 180% | — | $2 – $16.7k |
| 8 | Healthpartners case rate · outpatient · +2 other terms | 17 | $151 | $151 | $19 | 13% | — | $132 – $170 |
| 9 | Humana facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +11 other terms | 13 | $285 | $444 | $554 | 125% | — | $6 – $4.7k |
| 10 | Oscar case rate · outpatient · +3 other terms | 10 | $625 | $641 | $710 | 111% | — | $93 – $2.5k |
| 11 | Ambetter case rate · outpatient · +5 other terms | 8 | $614 | $624 | $689 | 111% | — | $90 – $2.4k |
| 12 | WellCare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms | 8 | $313 | $422 | $510 | 121% | — | $6 – $3.6k |
| 13 | Phcs percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges · +4 other terms | 6 | $288 | $275 | $264 | 96% | — | $18 – $1.7k |
| 14 | Ucare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $83 | $88 | $43 | 48% | — | $26 – $246 |
| 15 | Tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms | 5 | $710 | $932 | $1.8k | 192% | — | $1 – $36.8k |
| 16 | Beechstreet percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $63 | $65 | $3 | 5% | — | $63 – $71 |
| 17 | Medicare fee schedule · both · +4 other terms | 4 | $153 | $194 | $162 | 83% | — | $49 – $932 |
| 18 | Kaiser case rate · outpatient · +10 other terms | 3 | $262 | $264 | $59 | 22% | — | $184 – $332 |
| 19 | Medicaid fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms | 3 | $62 | $361 | $380 | 105% | — | $17 – $2.5k |
| 20 | Amerihealth Caritas case rate · outpatient · +4 other terms | 2 | $150 | $150 | — | — | — | $150 – $150 |
| 21 | Carefirst case rate · outpatient · +2 other terms | 2 | $121 | $121 | — | — | — | $121 – $121 |
| 22 | Devoted facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms | 2 | $222 | $179 | $92 | 52% | — | $48 – $353 |
| 23 | Excellus fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms | 2 | $1.3k | $1.3k | $424 | 34% | — | $314 – $1.5k |
| 24 | First Health fee schedule · both · +7 other terms | 2 | $318 | $206 | $173 | 84% | — | $1 – $914 |
| 25 | Medica fee schedule · both · +2 other terms | 2 | $178 | $178 | $144 | 81% | — | $52 – $739 |
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