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
$583
Median
$325
High
$18.1k
Each hospital's average Aetna rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
90 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 8.2× 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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162 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Aetna 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 | Curators of the University of Missouri Jefferson City, MO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $421 | $610 | $671 | 110% | 1,141–2,293 | $9 – $5.5k |
| 2 | Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Charles., LA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $29 | $32 | $16 | 48% | 604–613 | $12 – $70 |
| 3 | UF Health Leesburg, FL facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $351 | $621 | $857 | 138% | 260–512 | $10 – $6.5k |
| 4 | Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Charles., LA fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $341 | $613 | $818 | 134% | 182–389 | $39 – $5.6k |
| 5 | SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Sonora, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $196 | $182 | $56 | 31% | 181–226 | $88 – $293 |
| 6 | Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Inc Milwaukee, WI percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $376 | $421 | $273 | 65% | 109–145 | $83 – $1.5k |
| 7 | Morrow County Hospital Gilead, OH percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $102 | $169 | $169 | 100% | 106–196 | $8 – $1.0k |
| 8 | University of New Mexico Hospital | UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center - A Campus of UNM Hospital Rio Rancho, NM facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $112 | $112 | — | — | 92 | $112 – $112 |
| 9 | Aurora BayCare Medical Center Green Bay, WI percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $376 | $453 | $321 | 71% | 66–102 | $83 – $1.5k |
| 10 | LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC Lodi, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $129 | $130 | $40 | 31% | 63–108 | $84 – $212 |
| 11 | Aspen Valley Hospital District Aspen, CO facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 8 | $223 | $246 | $143 | 58% | 36–117 | $58 – $901 |
| 12 | Curators of the University of Missouri Jefferson City, MO facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $424 | $612 | $646 | 106% | 12–120 | $22 – $4.6k |
| 13 | Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Barrington, IL other · outpatient | 1 | $191 | $515 | $598 | 116% | 11–110 | $83 – $1.9k |
| 14 | Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin, IL other · outpatient | 1 | $218 | $458 | $496 | 108% | 8–80 | $74 – $1.5k |
| 15 | Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville, IL other · outpatient | 1 | $220 | $241 | $122 | 51% | 7–70 | $17 – $387 |
| 16 | Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove, IL other · outpatient | 1 | $124 | $124 | $41 | 33% | 4–40 | $82 – $165 |
| 17 | Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago, IL other · outpatient | 1 | $682 | $727 | $216 | 30% | 4–40 | $497 – $1.0k |
| 18 | Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Park Ridge, IL other · outpatient | 1 | $361 | $368 | $120 | 33% | 4–40 | $205 – $544 |
| 19 | Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn, IL facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $1.2k | $1.4k | $465 | 33% | 3–30 | $997 – $2.1k |
| 20 | Advocate Childrens Hospital Park Ridge Park Ridge, IL facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $380 | $380 | $75 | 20% | 2–20 | $305 – $455 |
| 21 | Aurora Medical Center Kenosha Kenosha, WI percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $345 | $416 | $303 | 73% | 2–20 | $124 – $1.5k |
| 22 | Aurora Medical Center Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant, WI percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $345 | $416 | $303 | 73% | 2–20 | $124 – $1.5k |
| 23 | Advocate South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest, IL other · outpatient | 1 | $318 | $318 | — | — | 1–10 | $318 – $318 |
| 24 | Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit, WI percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $361 | $452 | $357 | 79% | 1–10 | $124 – $1.5k |
| 25 | Aurora BayCare Medical Center Green Bay, WI case rate · outpatient | 1 | $145 | $145 | — | — | — | $145 – $145 |
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