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Ear Reconstruction With Artificial Hearing Bone

Michigan 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?

$5,540

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,540 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$1,738$1,479 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$2,570 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $6,918Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $2,951
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $1,738

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
$1,621.81
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,168.69
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,918.31
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,995.26
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,238.72
12 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
$776.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 28th of 51

$5,540

$1,738 physician + $3,802 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.