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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic ear procedures

Eustachian tube balloon widening, one ear

CPT 69705the billing code this page is about

Scope passed through the nose to the back of the throat to widen the tube that drains the middle ear, on one side.

Hospitals typically charge $6,383 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 448 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $6,281. Most fall between $2,061 and $11,822 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
448
States
46
Filings dated
Dec 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 448 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
$868$2,894$6,383$11,427$15,019

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($868 vs $15,019).

How the prices are spread

$419 – $621: 12 hospitals$419$621 – $920: 12 hospitals$920 – $1,364: 9 hospitals$920$1,364 – $2,021: 22 hospitals$2,021 – $2,997: 35 hospitals$2,021$2,997 – $4,442: 57 hospitals$4,442 – $6,585: 65 hospitals$4,442$6,585 – $9,762: 86 hospitals$9,762 – $14,471: 81 hospitals$9,762$14,471 – $21,453: 25 hospitals$14,471median $6,383price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (404 of 448 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$419$62112
$621$92012
$920$1,3649
$1,364$2,02122
$2,021$2,99735
$2,997$4,44257
$4,442$6,58565
$6,585$9,76286
$9,762$14,47181
$14,471$21,45325

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,048
Median cash price$6,383
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.06×

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 $6,383.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $6,022 across 24 hospitalsIL$6,022Wisconsin: median $12,709 across 33 hospitalsWI$12,709Michigan: median $8,140 across 30 hospitalsMI$8,140New York: median $7,000 across 45 hospitalsNY$7,000Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $8,123 across 16 hospitalsIA$8,123Indiana: median $2,357 across 17 hospitalsIN$2,357Ohio: median $8,535 across 15 hospitalsOH$8,535Pennsylvania: median $11,147 across 10 hospitalsPA$11,147New Jersey: median $6,465 across 30 hospitalsNJ$6,465Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $11,822 across 35 hospitalsCA$11,822Utah: 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: median $4,485 across 12 hospitalsMO$4,485Kentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 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 $4,976 across 13 hospitalsOK$4,976Louisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,061 across 35 hospitalsTX$2,061Florida: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $6,383. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Wisconsin WI33$12,709+99%$11,427 – $23,691
California CA35$11,822+85%$3,903 – $11,822
Pennsylvania PA10$11,147+75%$8,540 – $12,739
Ohio OH15$8,535+34%$780 – $13,890
Michigan MI30$8,140+28%$3,333 – $13,382
Iowa IA16$8,123+27%$7,326 – $8,123
New York NY45$7,000+10%$5,086 – $9,188
New Jersey NJ30$6,465+1%$4,627 – $6,967
Illinois IL24$6,022−6%$3,063 – $17,576
Oklahoma OK13$4,976−22%$4,976 – $4,976
Missouri MO12$4,485−30%$2,648 – $12,664
Indiana IN17$2,357−63%$1,777 – $3,063
Texas TX35$2,061−68%$1,975 – $2,061
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not 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 $6,383.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care369$6,548$2,061 – $11,822
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access73$4,905$1,952 – $12,747
Ownership
For-profit54$4,930$2,061 – $12,709
Government50$7,000$2,491 – $8,535
Non-profit344$6,385$2,061 – $12,101
System affiliation
Part of a system379$6,553$2,187 – $12,101
Independent69$4,656$546 – $10,088

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$8,216
Median cash price$6,383
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

226 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,976 and the average of the middle 60% is $6,143; most fall between $2,061 and $11,822.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 226 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
$500$2,061$4,976$10,955$12,709

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 25× what the cheapest tenth charges ($500 vs $12,709).

Of the 263 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 226 gave a usable cash price; 31 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 6 a list price only.

How complete is this

448 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (11%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 515 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted448
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here54
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded10
Hospitals that filed this code515

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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 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 Surg Nasopharyngoscopy Dilat Eustachian Tube Uni.

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, “Eustachian tube balloon widening, one ear (CPT 69705) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-69705-eustachian-tube-balloon-widening-one-ear