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Ear Reconstruction With Artificial Hearing Bone

Iowa 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?

$7,806

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,806 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,020 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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$3,020$2,089 to $3,548
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$3,090 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $13,183Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $4,266
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,786professional $3,020

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
$2,290.87
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,073.80
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$14,454.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,471.29
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,890.45
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 8th of 51

$7,806

$3,020 physician + $4,786 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.