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
$40
Average
$260
Median
$206
High
$1.9k
Each hospital's average UnitedHealthcare rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
115 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 5.9× 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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192 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a UnitedHealthcare 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 | UF Health Leesburg, FL facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $1k | $1.1k | $684 | 61% | 3,451–3,865 | $234 – $3.1k |
| 2 | Aspen Valley Hospital District Aspen, CO facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 17 | $216 | $236 | $140 | 59% | 1,981–2,287 | $58 – $901 |
| 3 | Curators of the University of Missouri Jefferson City, MO facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $239 | $232 | $21 | 9% | 1,570–2,623 | $202 – $260 |
| 4 | Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Inc Milwaukee, WI percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $383 | $429 | $278 | 65% | 1,217–1,244 | $84 – $1.6k |
| 5 | Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Charles., LA other · outpatient | 1 | $81 | $74 | $42 | 56% | 390–462 | $9 – $172 |
| 6 | Aurora Medical Center Bay Area Marinette, WI percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $349 | $430 | $318 | 74% | 324–333 | $21 – $1.6k |
| 7 | University of New Mexico Hospital | UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center - A Campus of UNM Hospital Rio Rancho, NM facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $131 | $188 | $208 | 111% | 260–332 | $2 – $1.6k |
| 8 | Morrow County Hospital Gilead, OH percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $91 | $144 | $140 | 98% | 216–324 | $7 – $956 |
| 9 | SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Sonora, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $156 | $164 | $63 | 38% | 212–320 | $65 – $362 |
| 10 | Aurora BayCare Medical Center Green Bay, WI percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $383 | $462 | $327 | 71% | 68 | $84 – $1.6k |
| 11 | Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Charles., LA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $160 | $228 | $233 | 102% | 29–128 | $32 – $1.7k |
| 12 | F.F. Thompson Hospital Canandaigua, NY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $143 | $143 | — | — | 28 | $143 – $143 |
| 13 | LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC Lodi, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $125 | $130 | $40 | 31% | 21–210 | $81 – $216 |
| 14 | Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Charles., LA case rate · outpatient | 1 | $3.1k | $3.1k | — | — | 11 | $3.1k – $3.1k |
| 15 | Kaweah Health Medical Center Visalia, CA facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $278 | $259 | $19 | 7% | 9–90 | $240 – $278 |
| 16 | Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit, WI percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $368 | $461 | $364 | 79% | 5–50 | $126 – $1.6k |
| 17 | Aurora Medical Center Kenosha Kenosha, WI percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $352 | $425 | $309 | 73% | 4–40 | $126 – $1.6k |
| 18 | Aurora Medical Center Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant, WI percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $352 | $425 | $309 | 73% | 4–40 | $126 – $1.6k |
| 19 | Aurora Medical Center Washington County Hartford, WI percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $354 | $426 | $313 | 74% | 4–40 | $126 – $1.6k |
| 20 | Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis, WI percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $383 | $445 | $307 | 69% | 4–40 | $126 – $1.6k |
| 21 | Aurora Medical Center Burlington Burlington, WI percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $354 | $439 | $312 | 71% | 2–20 | $126 – $1.6k |
| 22 | Aurora Medical Center Grafton Grafton, WI percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $368 | $426 | $307 | 72% | 2–20 | $126 – $1.6k |
| 23 | Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc Two Rivers, WI percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $354 | $439 | $325 | 74% | 2–20 | $84 – $1.6k |
| 24 | Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County Sheboygan, WI percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $354 | $439 | $312 | 71% | 1–10 | $126 – $1.6k |
| 25 | Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Charles., LA fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $253 | $366 | $366 | 100% | 1–10 | $39 – $2.5k |
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