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Ear Ventilation Tube Placement

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 0583T

This procedure places a small tube through the eardrum to allow air and fluid to drain from the middle ear. It is generally performed by a physician in an outpatient or same-day setting, often to address recurrent ear infections or persistent fluid buildup. Ask your provider for details specific to your case.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ear Ventilation Tube Placement cost?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$214$191 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$200 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $191 to $8,318Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,380
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $214

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$426.58
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 20.9 times more in California than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

North Carolina· 37th of 51

$214

CA $3,548KY $170

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.