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
$638
Average
$638
Median
$638
High
$638
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5 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Bcbs Ca 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 | Childrens Hospital of Orange County - Profit Orange, CA facility · case rate · outpatient | 4 | $1.2k | $1.1k | $230 | 21% | — | $696 – $1.2k |
| 2 | Childrens Hospital of Orange County - Profit Orange, CA facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $43 | $50 | $26 | 53% | — | $14 – $95 |
| 3 | Childrens Hospital of Orange County - Profit Orange, CA facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $280 | $265 | $150 | 57% | — | $57 – $531 |
| 4 | Childrens Hospital of Orange County - Profit Orange, CA facility · per diem · outpatient | 1 | $246 | $232 | $132 | 57% | — | $50 – $466 |
| 5 | Childrens Hospital of Orange County - Profit Orange, CA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $202 | $191 | $108 | 57% | — | $41 – $384 |
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