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
$10
Average
$347
Median
$232
High
$1.7k
Each hospital's average Blue Cross Blue Shield rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
59 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 16.2× 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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iThe hospitals that file a Blue Cross Blue Shield 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 | Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Charles., LA other · outpatient | 2 | $112 | $117 | $77 | 65% | 7,139–7,265 | $11 – $317 |
| 2 | UF Health Leesburg, FL facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $242 | $375 | $460 | 123% | 5,956–7,162 | $9 – $4.3k |
| 3 | SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Sonora, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $214 | $198 | $61 | 31% | 1,542–1,560 | $96 – $320 |
| 4 | Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Charles., LA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $188 | $280 | $264 | 94% | 1,402–1,519 | $39 – $1.4k |
| 5 | LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC Lodi, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $145 | $161 | $77 | 48% | 246–390 | $66 – $372 |
| 6 | UF Health Leesburg, FL facility · case rate · outpatient | 4 | $1.4k | $1.5k | $310 | 20% | 193–364 | $1.1k – $2.7k |
| 7 | Aspen Valley Hospital District Aspen, CO facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $132 | $145 | $82 | 56% | 22–40 | $58 – $487 |
| 8 | Advocate Childrens Hospital Park Ridge Park Ridge, IL facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $599 | $761 | $670 | 88% | 6–60 | $162 – $3.0k |
| 9 | Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $645 | $785 | $669 | 85% | 5–50 | $211 – $3.0k |
| 10 | Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $599 | $774 | $700 | 91% | 5–50 | $215 – $3.0k |
| 11 | University of Florida Health Gainesville, FL facility · case rate · outpatient | 5 | $2.5k | $2.5k | $325 | 13% | 5–50 | $2.0k – $3.0k |
| 12 | Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Barrington, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $525 | $656 | $554 | 84% | 2–20 | $171 – $3.0k |
| 13 | Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $308 | $418 | $406 | 97% | 2–20 | $89 – $2.1k |
| 14 | Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $587 | $690 | $557 | 81% | 1–10 | $211 – $3.0k |
| 15 | UF Health The Villages, FL facility · case rate · outpatient | 4 | $1.8k | $1.7k | $164 | 9% | 1–10 | $1.5k – $1.9k |
| 16 | UF Health The Villages, FL facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $144 | $186 | $147 | 79% | 1–10 | $15 – $496 |
| 17 | University of New Mexico Hospital | UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center - A Campus of UNM Hospital Rio Rancho, NM facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $160 | $200 | $214 | 107% | 1–10 | $2 – $1.6k |
| 18 | ATHOL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INCORPORATED Athol, MA fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $150 | $151 | $31 | 21% | — | $117 – $185 |
| 19 | Advocate Childrens Hospital Oak Lawn Oak Lawn, IL facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $613 | $772 | $678 | 88% | — | $209 – $2.9k |
| 20 | Advocate Childrens Hospital Park Ridge Park Ridge, IL facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $320 | $318 | $17 | 5% | — | $296 – $337 |
| 21 | Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn, IL facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $632 | $774 | $676 | 87% | — | $205 – $2.9k |
| 22 | Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Barrington, IL fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $319 | $317 | $17 | 5% | — | $295 – $336 |
| 23 | Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Park Ridge, IL fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $314 | $312 | $16 | 5% | — | $291 – $331 |
| 24 | Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Park Ridge, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $612 | $768 | $674 | 88% | — | $160 – $2.9k |
| 25 | Advocate South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $683 | $893 | $789 | 88% | — | $210 – $3.5k |
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