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Ear Reconstruction With Artificial Hearing Bone

Kentucky 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?

$4,756

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,756 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$1,288$1,202 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,479 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,138
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,467professional $1,288

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
$1,202.26
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$12,022.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,691.53
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,897.79
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,606.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,511.89
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
$588.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$912.01

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 38th of 51

$4,756

$1,288 physician + $3,467 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.