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Ear Tube Placement Under General Anesthesia

South Dakota 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 October 2026.

How much does Ear Tube Placement Under General Anesthesia cost?

$1,222

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,222 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$331$234 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$363 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $224 to $5,495Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $158 to $437
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $891professional $331

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,445.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,096.48
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$436.52
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 9.1 times more in Colorado 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

South Dakota· 38th of 51

$1,222

$331 physician + $891 facility

CO $4,605MT $508

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.