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Ear Hearing Bone Reconstruction Without Implant

Minnesota 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?

$6,721

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,721 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,090 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,090$2,291 to $4,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$2,455 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $11,482Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $5,754
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,631professional $3,090

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
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$22,387.21
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,606.93
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,754.40
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,370.32
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$38,904.51
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 16th of 51

$6,721

$3,090 physician + $3,631 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.