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Building A Missing Ear Canal In One Operation

Colorado rates for HCPCS 69320

Creates an ear canal in a person born without one, drilling a passage through the bone to the eardrum area and lining it with a skin graft so it stays open. The whole reconstruction is completed in a single operation rather than being carried out in stages, and it is often combined with work to restore the hearing mechanism inside. The aim is both to open the canal and to improve hearing on that side.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Building A Missing Ear Canal In One Operation cost?

$11,070

Typical total for the visit. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,070 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,333 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,738$1,622 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,333$5,370 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $18,197Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $3,715
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,333professional $1,738

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
$3,090.30
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,073.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$19,498.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,090.30
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,754.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,413.10
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,090.30
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 6.8 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Colorado· 12th of 50

$11,070

$1,738 physician + $9,333 facility

ME $21,994WV $3,212

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.