CPT 69610 · 1,062 hospitals reporting

Repair of eardrum

The same procedure costs $104 at one hospital and $24,185 at another — a 232× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,856.

Cheapest published

$104

14 entries below $50 already filtered. Remaining low values usually reflect partial-cost line items (professional fee only), not full bills.

Median across 1,062 hospitals

$1,856

The realistic middle of the cash-price distribution. Use this as your benchmark.

Most expensive

$24,185

Highest published price. Often a gross-charge "list price" rarely actually paid.

Price distribution

247 hospitals · log-scale x-axis

Each bar = number of hospitals charging in that price range. Emerald bar contains the median. Amber dots = entries we flagged as likely partial-cost line items (excluded from the table below).

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Why some prices look unrealistically low or high

Hospitals publish their machine-readable files (MRFs) the way they choose. A single procedure code can appear with very different prices depending on what's being charged:

Global price — facility + implant + anesthesia + surgeon. This is what you'd actually be billed.
Professional fee only — surgeon's portion. Often $500–$2,500 for a major procedure that costs $20K+ globally.
Facility fee only — operating room and recovery, no implant or surgeon.
Per-unit / per-minute charges — e.g. anesthesia time billed at $0.68/min appearing under a CPT code.
Rate multipliers — values like 0.85 meaning "85% of Medicare" rather than dollars.

We filter the most obvious artifacts (under $50, or 25× above the median), but rows in the $500–$2K range for a major procedure are typically professional-only and we can't always tell. Use the median and high-end as the realistic range; treat very low rows as partial-cost line items, not full bills.

500 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$2,320	$1,856	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,320	$1,856	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$2,320	$1,856	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$2,320	$1,856	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$2,320	$1,856	—	—	4 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$2,320	$1,856	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,320	$1,856	—	—	3 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,320	$1,856	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$2,320	$1,856	—	—	4 insurers
NORTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$5,246	$1,836	—	—	1 insurers
NORTH ALABAMA SHOALS HOSPITAL	AL	$5,246	$1,836	—	—	1 insurers
WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL	WV	$3,644	$1,822	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$3,567	$1,784	—	—	5 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$3,567	$1,784	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER, INC	WV	$3,567	$1,784	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$3,567	$1,784	—	—	5 insurers
SISTERSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$3,567	$1,784	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERSVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$3,567	$1,784	—	—	5 insurers
BELL HOSPITAL	MI	$2,965	$1,779	—	—	0 insurers
ELMORE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AL	$4,444	$1,778	—	—	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$1,937	—	—	5 insurers
CRITTENDEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	KY	$3,039	$1,763	—	—	5 insurers
COX MEDICAL CENTERS	MO	$6,924	$1,745	—	—	1 insurers
COX MEDICAL CENTER BRANSON	MO	$6,924	$1,745	—	—	1 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,737	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,737	—	—	5 insurers
O U MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$17,320	$1,732	$1,273	$14,202	5 insurers
WHEELING HOSPITAL, INC	WV	$3,456	$1,728	—	—	5 insurers
HARRISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KY	$2,395	$1,676	—	—	5 insurers
CAMPBELL COUNTY HEALTH	WY	$1,666	$1,666	—	—	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$1,911	$1,624	$1,725	$1,873	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$1,911	$1,624	$409	$2,164	5 insurers
HAWARDEN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE	IA	$2,457	$2,089	—	—	2 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$1,911	$1,605	$1,725	$1,873	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$1,911	$1,605	$1,166	$2,588	5 insurers
COX MONETT HOSPITAL	MO	$6,924	$2,112	—	—	1 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$1,600	$1,600	—	—	5 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$1,600	$1,600	—	—	5 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$1,600	$1,600	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,590	$1,590	—	—	5 insurers