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Balloon Widening of Both Ear Tubes

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does Balloon Widening of Both Ear Tubes cost?

$2,818

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,818 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,818$269 to $3,981
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$2,818 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $251 to $7,943Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $240 to $7,079
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $2,818

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,309.57
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,165.95
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$24,547.09
Typical High
$24,547.09
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,054.61
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$22,387.21

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in Wisconsin than in West Virginia. 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.

North Carolina· 23rd of 51

$2,818

WI $4,074WV $661

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.