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Eustachian Tube Inflation Through The Nose

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 69401

A procedure to open a blocked eustachian tube - the narrow passage connecting the middle ear to the back of the nose - by pushing air into it from the nose. Opening the tube lets the middle ear balance its pressure and drain, easing the fullness, popping and muffled hearing that a blocked tube causes.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Eustachian Tube Inflation Through The Nose cost?

$204

Typical physician fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $151 to $282.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $234 to $661Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $105 to $339
$100$200$500facility $309professional $191

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$363.08
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$660.69
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 12.3 times more in Arizona than in South Carolina. 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.

Minnesota· 10th of 27

$204

AZ $372SC $30.20

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.