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Ear Hearing Bone Reconstruction Without Implant

Colorado rates for HCPCS 69636

Surgery to rebuild the sound-conducting bones of the middle ear without a synthetic prosthesis, along with eardrum repair. Reshaping of the ear canal, opening of adjacent middle-ear and mastoid spaces, and the eardrum repair are all included in the service.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ear Hearing Bone Reconstruction Without Implant cost?

$10,649

Typical total for the visit. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,649 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,138 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,138$1,738 to $2,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$4,266 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $15,488Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $3,311
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $2,138

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
$2,691.53
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,311.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,691.53
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,570.40
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,754.23
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,011.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,090.30
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Alaska 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Colorado· 4th of 51

$10,649

$2,138 physician + $8,511 facility

AK $12,999DE $4,240

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.