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
$132
Average
$170
Median
$141
High
$238
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4 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Devoted 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Las Cruces Medical Center LLC Las Cruces, NM facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $136 | $132 | $44 | 33% | — | $48 – $218 |
| 2 | University of Florida Health Gainesville, FL facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $350 | $312 | $56 | 18% | — | $232 – $353 |
| 3 | University of Florida Health Gainesville, FL facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $82 | $90 | $60 | 67% | — | $11 – $200 |
| 4 | University of New Mexico Hospital | UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center - A Campus of UNM Hospital Rio Rancho, NM facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $176 | $238 | $256 | 108% | — | $2 – $1.9k |
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