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Ear Reconstruction With Artificial Hearing Bone

New Jersey 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?

$6,597

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,597 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$1,349$1,259 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$3,467 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $871 to $2,884
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $1,349

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
$4,466.84
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$22,387.21
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,884.03
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
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 17th of 51

$6,597

$1,349 physician + $5,248 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.