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Freeing The Stirrup Bone Of The Middle Ear

Alaska rates for HCPCS 69650

Frees the stapes, the tiny stirrup-shaped hearing bone deep in the middle ear, when it has become fixed in place and can no longer vibrate. Releasing it lets sound pass through to the inner ear again. It is done through the ear canal under an operating microscope, with no visible incision.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Freeing The Stirrup Bone Of The Middle Ear cost?

$7,113

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,113 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,311 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$3,311$2,042 to $3,311
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$2,951 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $12,023Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $813 to $4,467
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $3,311

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$22,387.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,570.40
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,370.32
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,165.95
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,748.98
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Alabama than in Maryland. 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

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$7,113

$3,311 physician + $3,802 facility

AL $7,519MD $2,311

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.