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Repeat Mastoid Surgery Behind the Ear

New Hampshire 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 July 2026.

How much does Repeat Mastoid Surgery Behind the Ear cost?

$1,698

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,622 from a physician practice, and about $5,623 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,622$1,122 to $2,042
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,623$3,802 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $22,387Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $912 to $2,692
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $5,623professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$22,387.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,202.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,884.03
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where New Hampshire sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in California than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

New Hampshire $1,698 · 24th of 51
CA $8,511DE $1,096

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.