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
$332
Median
$234
High
$844
Each hospital's average Optum rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
7 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 13.5× 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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8 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Optum 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 | HealthAlliance - Clinton Hospital MA 01453; 201 Highland St Clinton, MA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $489 | $844 | $1.1k | 130% | — | $247 – $5.7k |
| 2 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $79 | $79 | — | — | — | $79 – $79 |
| 3 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $79 | $79 | — | — | — | $79 – $79 |
| 4 | UMass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital, Inc. 2nd Floor Webster, MA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $346 | $371 | $144 | 39% | — | $172 – $581 |
| 5 | UMass Memorial Medical Center MA 01605; 157 Union Street Marlborough, MA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $485 | $696 | $674 | 97% | — | $175 – $3.4k |
| 6 | University of Alabama Hospital Birmingham, AL facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $22 | $22 | — | — | — | $22 – $22 |
| 7 | University of Florida Health Gainesville, FL facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $296 | $268 | $47 | 17% | — | $202 – $305 |
| 8 | University of Florida Health Gainesville, FL facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $206 | $224 | $151 | 67% | — | $28 – $500 |
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