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Ear Reconstruction With Artificial Hearing Bone

Tennessee 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?

$5,840

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,840 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$1,950$1,413 to $4,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$2,455 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $10,965
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $1,950

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
$2,454.71
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,630.27
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,951.21
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
$575.44
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 25th of 51

$5,840

$1,950 physician + $3,890 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.