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Release Of Scar Tissue In The Middle Ear

Alaska rates for HCPCS 69450

This procedure frees scar tissue or adhesions inside the middle ear that are restricting the movement of the eardrum and the small hearing bones, which can happen after chronic ear infections or prior ear surgery. Releasing these adhesions is intended to improve the movement of the hearing mechanism and restore hearing. It's typically done through the ear canal without a visible incision.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Release Of Scar Tissue In The Middle Ear cost?

$3,127

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,127 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$1,778$1,230 to $2,570
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$646 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $501 to $6,761Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $490 to $3,467
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,349professional $1,778

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
$1,737.80
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,737.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,548.13
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.0 times more in Wyoming than in West Virginia. 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· 35th of 50

$3,127

$1,778 physician + $1,349 facility

WY $8,899WV $1,114

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.