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Mastoid Bone Surgery For Chronic Infection

Maine rates for HCPCS 69505

This is surgery on the mastoid bone behind the ear to remove infected bone and tissue, most often for a long-standing mastoid or middle-ear infection or a skin growth called a cholesteatoma. Some of the normal ear canal wall and structures are reshaped or removed to fully clear the disease, while certain hearing structures are preserved when possible. It is typically done under general anesthesia and may affect hearing on that side.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Mastoid Bone Surgery For Chronic Infection cost?

$1,622

Typical physician fee. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,622 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,380 to $1,862.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $12,023 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $2,455
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $12,023professional $1,622

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,754.23
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where Maine sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in California 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.

Maine· 39th of 51

$1,622

CA $9,120WV $1,259

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.