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Removal Of An Ear Tube Under General Anesthesia

Michigan 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?

$2,151

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,151 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $110 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$110$61.66 to $138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$158 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $78 to $7,079Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $54 to $158
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $110

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
$77.62
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$177.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$199.53
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$186.21

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 28th of 50

$2,151

$110 physician + $2,042 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.