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Cochlear implant surgery

CPT 69930the billing code this page is about

Surgical placement of a cochlear implant in the inner ear, with or without removal of mastoid bone; the external sound processor is billed separately.

Hospitals typically charge $14,026 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 361 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $17,969. Most fall between $2,944 and $39,558 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
361
States
45
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 361 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
$1,999$3,482$14,026$37,640$55,134

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 28× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,999 vs $55,134).

How the prices are spread

$1,645 – $2,383: 40 hospitals$1,645$2,383 – $3,452: 33 hospitals$3,452 – $5,001: 27 hospitals$3,452$5,001 – $7,245: 45 hospitals$7,245 – $10,495: 14 hospitals$7,245$10,495 – $15,203: 6 hospitals$15,203 – $22,024: 34 hospitals$15,203$22,024 – $31,905: 18 hospitals$31,905 – $46,218: 78 hospitals$31,905$46,218 – $66,954: 32 hospitals$46,218median $14,026price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (327 of 361 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,645$2,38340
$2,383$3,45233
$3,452$5,00127
$5,001$7,24545
$7,245$10,49514
$10,495$15,2036
$15,203$22,02434
$22,024$31,90518
$31,905$46,21878
$46,218$66,95432

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$33,686
Median cash price$14,026
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.42×

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 $14,026.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 9 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 $8,912 across 15 hospitalsMN$8,912Illinois: median $2,828 across 14 hospitalsIL$2,828Wisconsin: median $5,269 across 18 hospitalsWI$5,269Michigan: median $6,029 across 27 hospitalsMI$6,029New York: median $37,640 across 36 hospitalsNY$37,640Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 1 hospital 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 $3,008 across 15 hospitalsIA$3,008Indiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $4,610 across 10 hospitalsOH$4,610Pennsylvania: median $47,567 across 10 hospitalsPA$47,567New Jersey: median $34,762 across 31 hospitalsNJ$34,762Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $39,558 across 41 hospitalsCA$39,558Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,999 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,999Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $24,698 across 21 hospitalsTX$24,698Florida: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $14,026. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Pennsylvania PA10$47,567+239%$6,936 – $59,937
California CA41$39,558+182%$17,919 – $39,558
New York NY36$37,640+168%$26,939 – $55,134
New Jersey NJ31$34,762+148%$4,881 – $42,443
Texas TX21$24,698+76%$20,433 – $34,230
Minnesota MN15$8,912−36%$4,204 – $8,912
Michigan MI27$6,029−57%$3,482 – $6,029
Wisconsin WI18$5,269−62%$5,269 – $15,286
Ohio OH10$4,610−67%$2,611 – $55,945
Iowa IA15$3,008−79%$3,008 – $3,008
Illinois IL14$2,828−80%$1,645 – $23,332
Oklahoma OK13$1,999−86%$1,999 – $26,192
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not 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 $14,026.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care309$17,919$3,008 – $41,159
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access41$5,269$2,944 – $15,286
Ownership
For-profit37$22,849$1,676 – $56,190
Government33$5,082$2,241 – $37,640
Non-profit291$14,026$3,008 – $39,558
System affiliation
Part of a system311$17,553$3,008 – $39,558
Independent50$4,869$2,184 – $42,660

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$10,127
Median cash price$14,026
Cash as a share of list, median hospital62%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 38%. 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

188 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $5,269 and the average of the middle 60% is $10,506; most fall between $2,184 and $34,230.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 188 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
$1,645$2,383$5,269$22,849$39,558

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 24× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,645 vs $39,558).

Of the 206 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 188 gave a usable cash price; 14 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 4 a list price only.

How complete is this

361 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 394 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted361
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here22
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 — excluded5
Hospitals that filed this code394

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 PR Implant Cochlear Device.

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, “Cochlear implant surgery (CPT 69930) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-69930-cochlear-implant-surgery