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Freeing The Stirrup Bone Of The Middle Ear

New Mexico 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?

$3,583

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,583 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$1,072$871 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,698 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,514
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $1,072

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
$851.14
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$13,803.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,513.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,148.15
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,365.16
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 25th of 51

$3,583

$1,072 physician + $2,512 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.