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Ear Hearing Bone Reconstruction Without Implant

North Dakota 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?

$5,510

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,510 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,692 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$2,692$2,291 to $3,020
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,380 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $4,677Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $3,467
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,818professional $2,692

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,951.21
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 26th of 51

$5,510

$2,692 physician + $2,818 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.