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Procedure price report · Tympanoplasty

Eardrum reconstruction without middle ear bone repair

CPT 69631the billing code this page is about

Rebuilding the eardrum, with or without repair of the ear canal, without mastoid surgery and without reconstructing the middle ear bones.

Hospitals typically charge $4,774 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 594 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,013. Most fall between $1,700 and $9,847 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
594
States
49
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 594 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
$1,294$2,144$4,774$9,188$18,010

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,294 vs $18,010).

How the prices are spread

$1,004 – $1,360: 39 hospitals$1,004$1,360 – $1,842: 60 hospitals$1,842 – $2,495: 62 hospitals$1,842$2,495 – $3,379: 60 hospitals$3,379 – $4,576: 34 hospitals$3,379$4,576 – $6,198: 67 hospitals$6,198 – $8,395: 80 hospitals$6,198$8,395 – $11,370: 58 hospitals$11,370 – $15,400: 32 hospitals$11,370$15,400 – $20,858: 45 hospitals$15,400median $4,774price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (537 of 594 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,004$1,36039
$1,360$1,84260
$1,842$2,49562
$2,495$3,37960
$3,379$4,57634
$4,576$6,19867
$6,198$8,39580
$8,395$11,37058
$11,370$15,40032
$15,400$20,85845

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,048
Median cash price$4,774
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.79×

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 $4,774.

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: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $4,046 across 24 hospitalsMN$4,046Illinois: median $2,726 across 23 hospitalsIL$2,726Wisconsin: median $4,774 across 33 hospitalsWI$4,774Michigan: median $1,765 across 34 hospitalsMI$1,765New York: median $7,000 across 48 hospitalsNY$7,000Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,854 across 13 hospitalsOR$1,854Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 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 $2,165 across 24 hospitalsIA$2,165Indiana: median $3,862 across 13 hospitalsIN$3,862Ohio: median $3,908 across 28 hospitalsOH$3,908Pennsylvania: median $9,186 across 13 hospitalsPA$9,186New Jersey: median $6,548 across 31 hospitalsNJ$6,548Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $7,891 across 52 hospitalsCA$7,891Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $2,743 across 10 hospitalsNE$2,743Missouri: median $8,708 across 17 hospitalsMO$8,708Kentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $6,805 across 13 hospitalsWV$6,805Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,453 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,453Louisiana: median $4,612 across 10 hospitalsLA$4,612Mississippi: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $6,728 across 20 hospitalsGA$6,728Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $7,697 across 30 hospitalsTX$7,697Florida: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,774. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Pennsylvania PA13$9,186+92%$6,866 – $12,101
Missouri MO17$8,708+82%$1,273 – $18,371
California CA52$7,891+65%$2,652 – $18,010
Texas TX30$7,697+61%$5,657 – $12,252
New York NY48$7,000+47%$2,150 – $9,188
West Virginia WV13$6,805+43%$2,349 – $10,604
Georgia GA20$6,728+41%$2,054 – $9,290
New Jersey NJ31$6,548+37%$5,110 – $7,894
Wisconsin WI33$4,7740%$4,697 – $9,242
Louisiana LA10$4,612−3%$2,976 – $11,014
Minnesota MN24$4,046−15%$1,808 – $5,314
Ohio OH28$3,908−18%$2,215 – $22,812
Indiana IN13$3,862−19%$1,435 – $17,939
Nebraska NE10$2,743−43%$1,321 – $3,825
Illinois IL23$2,726−43%$1,435 – $36,505
Iowa IA24$2,165−55%$2,165 – $5,555
Oregon OR13$1,854−61%$1,618 – $2,186
Michigan MI34$1,765−63%$1,074 – $8,140
Oklahoma OK14$1,453−70%$1,453 – $12,061
Alabama AL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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 $4,774.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care483$5,341$1,955 – $11,147
Children’s14fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access96$2,699$1,506 – $7,697
Ownership
For-profit73$6,468$2,349 – $11,958
Government84$2,679$1,534 – $8,109
Non-profit436$4,774$1,765 – $9,612
System affiliation
Part of a system480$4,891$1,869 – $10,631
Independent114$2,743$1,541 – $8,523

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,615
Median cash price$4,774
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

284 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,652 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,157; most fall between $1,453 and $7,697.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 284 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
$1,126$1,607$2,652$5,678$13,321

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,126 vs $13,321).

Of the 320 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 284 gave a usable cash price; 24 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 12 a list price only.

How complete is this

594 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (15%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 667 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted594
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here51
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded5
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded16
Hospitals that filed this code667

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 Tympanoplasty family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Tympanoplasty W/O Mastoidect W/O Ossicle Recnstj.

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, “Eardrum reconstruction without middle ear bone repair (CPT 69631) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-69631-eardrum-reconstruction-without-middle-ear-bone-repair