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
$59
Average
$239
Median
$155
High
$1.0k
Each hospital's average Kaiser rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
12 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 3.0× 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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18 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Kaiser 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 | KAISER PERMANENTE CENTRAL HOSPITAL Seattle, WA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $371 | $1.2k | $1.3k | 107% | 938–956 | $223 – $3.1k |
| 2 | LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC Lodi, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $130 | $131 | $40 | 31% | 191–236 | $84 – $213 |
| 3 | Aspen Valley Hospital District Aspen, CO facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 8 | $217 | $239 | $145 | 61% | 6–60 | $58 – $901 |
| 4 | SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Sonora, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $141 | $131 | $40 | 31% | 3–30 | $64 – $211 |
| 5 | Childrens Hospital of Orange County - Profit Orange, CA facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $65 | $75 | $40 | 53% | — | $21 – $142 |
| 6 | Childrens Hospital of Orange County - Profit Orange, CA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $205 | $194 | $110 | 57% | — | $42 – $389 |
| 7 | Craig Hospital Englewood, CO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $59 | $59 | — | — | — | $59 – $59 |
| 8 | KAISER PERMANENTE CENTRAL HOSPITAL Seattle, WA case rate · both | 2 | $438 | $1.0k | $1.4k | 139% | — | $60 – $7.9k |
| 9 | KAISER PERMANENTE CENTRAL HOSPITAL Seattle, WA fee schedule · both | 2 | $43 | $43 | $18 | 41% | — | $25 – $60 |
| 10 | LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC Lodi, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $54 | $62 | $33 | 52% | — | $17 – $119 |
| 11 | LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC Lodi, CA other · outpatient | 1 | $71 | $77 | $47 | 60% | — | $8 – $160 |
| 12 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 3 | $88 | $88 | $10 | 11% | — | $74 – $101 |
| 13 | UCHMHS Colorado Springs, CO case rate · outpatient | 2 | $271 | $262 | $61 | 23% | — | $184 – $332 |
| 14 | UCHMHS Colorado Springs, CO case rate · outpatient | 2 | $271 | $262 | $61 | 23% | — | $184 – $332 |
| 15 | UCHealth Broomfield Hospital Broomfield, CO percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $97 | $137 | $157 | 115% | — | $40 – $704 |
| 16 | UCHealth Broomfield Hospital Broomfield, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $97 | $137 | $157 | 115% | — | $40 – $704 |
| 17 | UCHealth Grandview Hospital Colorado Springs, CO case rate · outpatient | 3 | $271 | $267 | $55 | 21% | — | $197 – $332 |
| 18 | University Medical Center of Southern Nevada Las Vegas, NV fee schedule · both | 1 | $169 | $174 | $79 | 45% | — | $69 – $279 |
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