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Ear Reconstruction With Artificial Hearing Bone

Arizona rates for HCPCS 69637

Surgery to rebuild the sound-conducting bones of the middle ear using 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 Reconstruction With Artificial Hearing Bone cost?

$5,271

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,271 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$1,380$1,288 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$1,905 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $10,471
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,890professional $1,380

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
$977.24
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$16,595.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
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
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Vermont. 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

Arizona· 34th of 51

$5,271

$1,380 physician + $3,890 facility

AK $12,999VT $4,294

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.