Eardrum Repair With Mastoid Bone Surgery

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 69641

Repairs a hole or damaged eardrum and at the same time clears disease from the honeycomb of bone behind the ear, which can include reshaping the ear canal and work inside the middle ear. It is used for long-standing infection or a skin cyst behind the eardrum that has eaten into the bone. Rebuilding the tiny hearing bones is not part of this version.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Eardrum Repair With Mastoid Bone Surgery cost?

$9,099

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,099 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

17% physician fee83% facility fee

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 56 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$1,514	$1,122 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$7,586	$3,631 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $18,197Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $977 to $3,467

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,258.93 Median $6,025.60 Typical High $16,218.10	Facility	Global	$1,258.93	$6,025.60	$16,218.10
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $3,801.89 Median $10,715.19 Typical High $20,417.38	Facility	Global	$3,801.89	$10,715.19	$20,417.38
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,584.89 Median $3,162.28 Typical High $8,511.38	Facility	Global	$1,584.89	$3,162.28	$8,511.38
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $2,398.83 Median $7,079.46 Typical High $15,848.93	Facility	Global	$2,398.83	$7,079.46	$15,848.93

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Wisconsin than in Oregon. 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

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WI $13,309OR $3,992

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.