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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic ear procedures

Rebuilding of a narrowed ear canal

CPT 69310the billing code this page is about

Surgical reconstruction of an ear canal that has become narrowed or closed, performed as a procedure on its own rather than with other ear surgery.

Hospitals typically charge $4,265 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 400 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,285. Most fall between $1,808 and $7,891 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
400
States
47
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 400 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,320$2,102$4,265$7,000$12,812

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,320 vs $12,812).

How the prices are spread

$1,234 – $1,577: 36 hospitals$1,234$1,577 – $2,015: 34 hospitals$2,015 – $2,574: 28 hospitals$2,015$2,574 – $3,290: 61 hospitals$3,290 – $4,203: 21 hospitals$3,290$4,203 – $5,371: 39 hospitals$5,371 – $6,863: 56 hospitals$5,371$6,863 – $8,770: 36 hospitals$8,770 – $11,206: 18 hospitals$8,770$11,206 – $14,319: 32 hospitals$11,206median $4,265price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (361 of 400 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,234$1,57736
$1,577$2,01534
$2,015$2,57428
$2,574$3,29061
$3,290$4,20321
$4,203$5,37139
$5,371$6,86356
$6,863$8,77036
$8,770$11,20618
$11,206$14,31932

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,048
Median cash price$4,265
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.71×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $4,265.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,038 across 10 hospitalsWA$2,038Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $5,194 across 17 hospitalsMN$5,194Illinois: median $2,042 across 20 hospitalsIL$2,042Wisconsin: median $5,077 across 23 hospitalsWI$5,077Michigan: median $1,366 across 28 hospitalsMI$1,366New York: median $6,658 across 33 hospitalsNY$6,658Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,669 across 17 hospitalsIA$2,669Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $3,342 across 13 hospitalsOH$3,342Pennsylvania: median $8,540 across 10 hospitalsPA$8,540New Jersey: median $6,311 across 23 hospitalsNJ$6,311Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $12,149 across 47 hospitalsCA$12,149Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,808 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,808Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $6,017 across 20 hospitalsTX$6,017Florida: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,265. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA47$12,149+185%$2,652 – $14,319
Pennsylvania PA10$8,540+100%$6,734 – $11,147
New York NY33$6,658+56%$2,153 – $7,000
New Jersey NJ23$6,311+48%$4,627 – $6,553
Texas TX20$6,017+41%$5,356 – $6,017
Minnesota MN17$5,194+22%$2,708 – $6,094
Wisconsin WI23$5,077+19%$5,077 – $6,067
Ohio OH13$3,342−22%$2,265 – $8,260
Iowa IA17$2,669−37%$2,669 – $3,212
Illinois IL20$2,042−52%$1,342 – $6,391
Washington WA10$2,038−52%$478 – $7,828
Oklahoma OK13$1,808−58%$1,808 – $8,775
Michigan MI28$1,366−68%$1,283 – $5,077
Missouri MO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $4,265.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care329$4,376$1,808 – $8,260
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access59$3,327$1,734 – $6,067
Ownership
For-profit43$5,202$1,540 – $10,088
Government54$3,212$1,949 – $7,000
Non-profit302$4,531$1,808 – $7,828
System affiliation
Part of a system318$4,895$1,808 – $8,140
Independent82$3,334$1,949 – $7,659

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,255
Median cash price$4,265
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

238 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,801 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,414; most fall between $1,808 and $6,391.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 238 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,342$2,000$2,801$6,017$14,319

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,342 vs $14,319).

Of the 264 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 238 gave a usable cash price; 18 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 8 a list price only.

How complete is this

400 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 448 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted400
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here38
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded8
Hospitals that filed this code448

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other therapeutic ear procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Reconstruction External Auditory Canal Spx.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Rebuilding of a narrowed ear canal (CPT 69310) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-69310-rebuilding-of-a-narrowed-ear-canal