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Simple Mastoidectomy Behind the Ear

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 69501

Opens the honeycomb of air cells in the bone behind the ear and clears infected or diseased tissue out of them. That bone connects directly to the middle ear, so infection can spread into it and then will not settle with medicine alone. This is the limited version, opening the main cavity rather than hollowing out the whole bone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Simple Mastoidectomy Behind the Ear cost?

$12,023

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,023 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,981 to $17,378.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $813 to $21,878
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $12,023

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
$794.33
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$22,908.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$18,197.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$25,703.96

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 21.9 times more in Indiana 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.

South Carolina· 3rd of 50

$12,023

IN $15,136WV $692

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.