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Ear Tube Placement Under General Anesthesia

Florida rates for HCPCS 69436

This procedure places a small tube through the eardrum to help drain fluid and equalize pressure in the middle ear, performed while the patient is under general anesthesia. It is commonly used for children who have recurring ear infections or persistent fluid buildup.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ear Tube Placement Under General Anesthesia cost?

$3,972

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,972 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$170$141 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,288 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $661 to $10,715Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $129 to $447
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,802professional $170

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
$346.74
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$954.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$316.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$331.13
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,772.37
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$162.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$162.18

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 20.9 times more in Nebraska than in Delaware. 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

Florida· 17th of 51

$3,972

$170 physician + $3,802 facility

NE $7,012DE $336

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.