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Balloon Widening of Both Ear Tubes

New Hampshire 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?

$1,318

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $741 from a physician practice, and about $5,012 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$741$316 to $3,981
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,012$2,630 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $9,333Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $245 to $6,310
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $741

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
$281.84
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$5,370.32
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$8,128.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,918.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$8,128.31
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
5 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
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$371.54

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 48th of 51

$1,318

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.