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Ear Tube Placement Under General Anesthesia

Maine 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?

$2,940

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,940 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$186$158 to $234
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$2,570 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $151 to $8,511Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $151 to $295
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,754professional $186

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
$151.36
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$194.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$380.19
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$8,511.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$6,456.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$407.38

Where Maine 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

Maine· 27th of 51

$2,940

$186 physician + $2,754 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.