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Ear Hearing Bone Reconstruction Without Implant

Louisiana 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?

$5,300

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,300 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,585$1,380 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,570 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $2,455
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $1,585

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
$891.25
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,819.70
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
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
$724.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 30th of 51

$5,300

$1,585 physician + $3,715 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.