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Repeat Mastoid Surgery Behind the Ear

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 69601

Reopens the honeycomb bone behind the ear after an earlier mastoid operation and clears out infection or disease that has persisted or returned, leaving that air-cell area fully opened out. The wall of the ear canal and the eardrum structures are kept in place. It is done for ongoing drainage, infection, or disease found on follow-up.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repeat Mastoid Surgery Behind the Ear cost?

$2,512

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,512 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,291 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,291$1,778 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$2,455 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $12,589Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $4,467
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $2,291

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$21,877.62
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$16,595.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$7,585.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,090.30
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,623.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in Oklahoma than in Utah. 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.

Nebraska· 5th of 51

$2,512

OK $4,677UT $646

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.