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Replacing A Bone-Anchored Hearing Implant

Wisconsin rates for HCPCS 69718

Surgery to remove a hearing implant already anchored in the bone behind the ear and put a new one in its place. The implant connects to an external sound processor and carries sound to the inner ear as vibration through the skull bone rather than through the ear canal.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Replacing A Bone-Anchored Hearing Implant cost?

$4,467

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,169 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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 5 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$4,169$4,169 to $4,677
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$3,802 to $17,783

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $22,387Professionalmedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $9,120
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $4,169

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$9,120.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$70.79
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22,387.21
Median
$34,673.69
Typical High
$34,673.69
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$20,892.96

Where Wisconsin sits

The same service costs 371.5 times more in California than in South Carolina. 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.

Wisconsin· 13th of 40

$4,467

CA $11,220SC $30.20

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.