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69210

Removal of impacted ear wax

$399.1M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 69210 (Removal of impacted ear wax) received $399.1M in total Medicare payments.

Across 12.5M services, the average Medicare payment was $32.04 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$42.6M1.3M—
2015$41.8M1.2M-2.0%
2016$41.7M1.3M-0.3%
2017$41.4M1.3M-0.7%
2018$41.8M1.3M+1.0%
2019$41.5M1.3M-0.6%
2020$32.6M1.0M-21.5%
2021$38.9M1.2M+19.4%
2022$38.3M1.2M-1.6%
2023$38.7M1.3M+1.0%

Top Providers for 69210

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Harvey PaleyOtolaryngologyCA$465.2K35.1K$13.24
2Tim KusonOtolaryngologyCA$165.8K4.4K$37.87
3Michael PateteOtolaryngologyFL$76.1K2.4K$32.33
4Mark DomePhysician AssistantCA$73.0K2.5K$29.42
5Phillip WrightGeneral PracticeCA$69.1K2.7K$25.21
6Douglas MccorkleOtolaryngologyMD$65.9K1.8K$36.44
7Michael O'learyOtolaryngologyCA$63.1K1.7K$36.67
8Thomas MagardinoOtolaryngologyFL$61.8K1.9K$32.58
9Quoc NguyenOtolaryngologyCA$60.4K1.5K$41.06
10Steven BelloOtolaryngologyFL$58.8K1.9K$31.40
11Michael JungkeitOtolaryngologyWA$58.4K1.9K$30.79
12Bartolomeo CastellanoOtolaryngologyNY$58.2K1.4K$40.29
13Gary TakowskyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryCA$56.7K1.5K$37.46
14Andrew MikaelianOtolaryngologyCA$54.7K1.6K$34.51
15Bob ArminOtolaryngologyCA$54.7K1.5K$36.06
16Elizabeth MclaughlinNurse PractitionerMA$52.2K1.8K$28.58
17Kenneth SciosciaOtolaryngologyNY$51.1K1.5K$34.52
18Todd ParnesOtolaryngologyFL$47.9K1.8K$27.07
19Patrick ReidyOtolaryngologyFL$46.8K1.3K$35.21
20Stephen RothsteinOtolaryngologyNY$46.3K1.1K$40.79
21Lonny MatlickOtolaryngologyNJ$44.5K1.2K$36.96
22Michael BublikOtolaryngologyCA$41.6K1.1K$38.23
23Alex YoonOtolaryngologyFL$41.5K1.1K$36.70
24Howard LandsmanOtolaryngologyNJ$40.8K1.1K$35.54
25Steven BurresOtolaryngologyCA$40.8K1.6K$25.31

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$5.5M182.4K1.4K$4.0K
FL$4.6M145.9K1.1K$4.3K
NY$3.9M112.8K860$4.6K
NJ$2.2M61.6K489$4.4K
PA$1.9M63.8K692$2.8K
TX$1.8M57.4K777$2.3K
IL$1.5M49.9K560$2.7K
MA$1.4M43.9K428$3.3K
MD$1.3M37.4K351$3.7K
OH$1.0M37.1K445$2.3K
VA$963.1K31.0K409$2.4K
NC$928.7K32.0K411$2.3K
SC$864.0K29.0K280$3.1K
MI$758.8K25.4K360$2.1K
GA$716.9K24.3K335$2.1K
WA$699.4K23.0K238$2.9K
AZ$674.4K22.8K369$1.8K
MO$576.2K20.8K258$2.2K
CT$532.2K15.8K158$3.4K
IN$520.6K18.6K292$1.8K
LA$509.7K17.5K219$2.3K
TN$490.0K17.9K279$1.8K
KY$409.7K14.9K186$2.2K
IA$387.8K14.7K199$1.9K
WI$381.2K15.4K205$1.9K
CO$378.1K12.3K219$1.7K
AL$333.0K11.6K160$2.1K
OK$280.7K9.9K163$1.7K
MN$256.1K9.5K172$1.5K
KS$242.0K9.2K123$2.0K

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  • • Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data (2014-2023)
  • • CMS National Health Expenditure Data

Last Updated: February 2026 (data through 2023, the latest CMS release)

Note: All data is from publicly available Medicare records. OpenMedicare is an independent journalism project not affiliated with CMS.