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Ear Reconstruction With Artificial Hearing Bone

Oregon 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?

$5,322

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,322 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,630 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,630$2,138 to $3,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$2,291 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $9,772Professionalmedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $4,074
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $2,630

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
$5,128.61
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$33,884.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,981.07
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,467.37
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$33,884.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,715.35
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,818.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,762.47
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,073.80
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,454.40
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$23,442.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$22,908.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,897.79
13 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
$794.33
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$21,877.62
Median
$30,199.52
Typical High
$34,673.69

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 33rd of 51

$5,322

$2,630 physician + $2,692 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.