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Repair of a Leak at the Round Window of the Ear

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 69667

Seals a leak at the round window, one of the two membrane-covered openings between the middle ear and the inner ear. When that membrane tears, inner-ear fluid escapes and causes sudden hearing loss, ringing, and dizziness. The middle ear is opened and a small patch of the person's own tissue is laid over the opening to seal it.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repair of a Leak at the Round Window of the Ear cost?

$3,338

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,338 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$1,047$794 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,479 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $977 to $4,898Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $724 to $7,413
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $1,047

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
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,513.56
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,698.24
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
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Oklahoma 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

Tennessee· 23rd of 51

$3,338

$1,047 physician + $2,291 facility

OK $7,412MD $2,297

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.