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Revision Ear Surgery, Most Extensive Version

Alabama rates for HCPCS 69603

This service is a repeat operation on the mastoid bone behind the ear, performed when an earlier mastoid surgery needs to be redone. This version removes remaining middle-ear structures and reshapes the ear canal and mastoid area into a single open space, making it the most complete version of this repeat surgery. It is used for recurrent infection, disease, or problems from the original operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Revision Ear Surgery, Most Extensive Version cost?

$1,820

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,820 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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 4 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$1,820$1,202 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$1,862 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $2,570
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $1,820

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
$1,096.48
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Alabama· 34th of 51

$1,820

CA $9,120DE $1,380

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.