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
$100
Average
$465
Median
$323
High
$1.0k
Each hospital's average Tricare rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
8 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 8.1× 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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9 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Tricare 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 | Aspen Valley Hospital District Aspen, CO facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 4 | $150 | $177 | $115 | 65% | 18–81 | $58 – $901 |
| 2 | Craig Hospital Englewood, CO facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $100 | $100 | — | — | — | $100 – $100 |
| 3 | Craig Hospital Englewood, CO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $100 | $100 | — | — | — | $100 – $100 |
| 4 | Ellis Hospital NY 12308; 2210 Troy Schenectady Road Niskayuna, NY facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $353 | $1.0k | $2.1k | 206% | — | $1 – $36.8k |
| 5 | Kaweah Health Medical Center Visalia, CA facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $317 | $710 | $882 | 124% | — | $25 – $4.2k |
| 6 | Kaweah Health Mental Health Hospital Visalia, CA facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $528 | $947 | $1.3k | 139% | — | $21 – $8.1k |
| 7 | Kaweah Health Rehabilitation Hospital Visalia, CA facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $326 | $326 | — | — | — | $326 – $326 |
| 8 | Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Charles., LA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $188 | $320 | $334 | 105% | — | $39 – $1.6k |
| 9 | Las Cruces Medical Center LLC Las Cruces, NM facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $132 | $127 | $42 | 33% | — | $46 – $211 |
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