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Complex cleaning of a mastoid cavity, one ear

CPT 69222the billing code this page is about

More involved cleaning and inspection of the cavity left after mastoid ear surgery, which may require anesthesia, for one ear.

Hospitals typically charge $603 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 562 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $714. Most fall between $278 and $1,658 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
562
States
48
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 562 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$213$354$603$1,394$3,382

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($213 vs $3,382).

How the prices are spread

$148 – $210: 27 hospitals$148$210 – $300: 67 hospitals$300 – $427: 68 hospitals$300$427 – $608: 100 hospitals$608 – $866: 87 hospitals$608$866 – $1,234: 26 hospitals$1,234 – $1,759: 50 hospitals$1,234$1,759 – $2,506: 27 hospitals$2,506 – $3,570: 29 hospitals$2,506$3,570 – $5,087: 25 hospitals$3,570median $603price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (506 of 562 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$148$21027
$210$30067
$300$42768
$427$608100
$608$86687
$866$1,23426
$1,234$1,75950
$1,759$2,50627
$2,506$3,57029
$3,570$5,08725

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$551
Median cash price$603
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.09×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $603.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $1,423 across 10 hospitalsID$1,423Montana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $669 across 21 hospitalsMN$669Illinois: median $617 across 30 hospitalsIL$617Wisconsin: median $562 across 40 hospitalsWI$562Michigan: median $221 across 30 hospitalsMI$221New York: median $603 across 38 hospitalsNY$603Massachusetts: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $391 across 11 hospitalsOR$391Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $517 across 22 hospitalsIA$517Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $579 across 27 hospitalsOH$579Pennsylvania: median $622 across 31 hospitalsPA$622New Jersey: median $3,986 across 32 hospitalsNJ$3,986Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $3,382 across 37 hospitalsCA$3,382Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $536 across 14 hospitalsMO$536Kentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $620 across 10 hospitalsWV$620Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $1,427 across 10 hospitalsNC$1,427South Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $223 across 14 hospitalsOK$223Louisiana: median $983 across 16 hospitalsLA$983Mississippi: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $3,923 across 11 hospitalsGA$3,923Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,658 across 25 hospitalsTX$1,658Florida: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $603. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ32$3,986+561%$564 – $6,839
Georgia GA11$3,923+551%$3,923 – $3,923
California CA37$3,382+461%$902 – $3,382
Texas TX25$1,658+175%$746 – $1,916
North Carolina NC10$1,427+137%$386 – $2,872
Idaho ID10$1,423+136%$488 – $1,423
Louisiana LA16$983+63%$431 – $1,706
Minnesota MN21$669+11%$298 – $785
Pennsylvania PA31$622+3%$41 – $791
West Virginia WV10$620+3%$353 – $784
Illinois IL30$617+2%$227 – $1,394
New York NY38$6030%$280 – $954
Ohio OH27$579−4%$567 – $1,872
Wisconsin WI40$562−7%$389 – $690
Missouri MO14$536−11%$299 – $3,237
Iowa IA22$517−14%$367 – $517
Oregon OR11$391−35%$391 – $546
Oklahoma OK14$223−63%$223 – $1,038
Michigan MI30$221−63%$221 – $742
Nebraska NE9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $603.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care434$637$341 – $2,020
Children’s12fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access115$438$221 – $785
Ownership
For-profit43$1,093$268 – $3,289
Government91$518$321 – $983
Non-profit427$603$278 – $1,816
System affiliation
Part of a system467$603$273 – $1,879
Independent95$511$278 – $938

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$857
Median cash price$603
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

345 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $562 and the average of the middle 60% is $696; most fall between $249 and $1,658.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 345 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$180$331$562$1,416$3,382

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($180 vs $3,382).

Of the 369 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 345 gave a usable cash price; 17 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 7 a list price only.

How complete is this

562 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (14%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 607 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted562
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here35
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded10
Hospitals that filed this code607

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Debridement of wound, infection or burn family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Debridement Mastoidectomy Cavity Cmplx.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Complex cleaning of a mastoid cavity, one ear (CPT 69222) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-69222-complex-cleaning-of-a-mastoid-cavity-one-ear