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Balloon Widening of Both Ear Tubes

Hawaii rates for HCPCS 69706

A balloon on a fine catheter is guided through the nose, using a camera, into the tube that links the middle ear to the back of the nose, and inflated briefly to widen it. Doing so helps the ear equalize pressure and drain, easing long-standing fullness, popping, muffled hearing and pain. This covers treatment of the tube on both sides in the same session.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Balloon Widening of Both Ear Tubes cost?

$2,344

Typical negotiated rate. In Hawaii, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,344 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,344$224 to $3,631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$3,020 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $3,890Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $30 to $4,365
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,802professional $2,344

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
$1,513.56
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,365.16
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where Hawaii sits

The same service costs 11.2 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. 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.

Hawaii· 40th of 51

$2,344

AK $5,248NE $468

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.