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Removal Of An Ear Tube Under General Anesthesia

Alaska rates for HCPCS 69424

This procedure removes a small ventilating tube that had been placed in the eardrum to help drain fluid and equalize pressure in the middle ear. It is performed under general anesthesia, typically because the patient, often a young child, cannot safely tolerate the removal while awake.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of An Ear Tube Under General Anesthesia cost?

$469

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $469 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $174 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$295$123 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$174$112 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $71 to $3,162Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $60 to $631
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $174professional $295

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$204.17
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$588.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$794.33
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$691.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$588.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$645.65

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 17.2 times more in New Jersey than in Montana. 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

Alaska· 46th of 50

$469

$295 physician + $174 facility

NJ $5,613MT $325

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.