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Eardrum Repair Surgery (Tympanoplasty)

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 69631

Surgical repair of a torn or perforated eardrum to rebuild the membrane and help restore hearing. The surgeon works through the ear canal or behind the ear without opening the mastoid bone, and the small bones that transmit sound are not reconstructed as part of this procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Eardrum Repair Surgery (Tympanoplasty) cost?

$7,896

Typical total for the visit. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,896 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 13 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$977$851 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$4,074 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $17,783Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $794 to $2,188
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $977

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
$1,148.15
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$17,782.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,290.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$22,908.68
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,621.81
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,698.24
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$26,302.68
Independence Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$17,782.79
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,630.27
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$954.99
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,011.87
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 9.0 times more in West Virginia than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Pennsylvania· 24th of 51

$7,896

$977 physician + $6,918 facility

WV $24,761MT $2,751

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.