Surgery and procedures CPT 69436 Outpatient

Ear tubes surgery cost in Two Harbors, MN

In Two Harbors, MN, 1 hospital lists a cash price for ear tube placement (tympanostomy) under general anesthesia, one ear: from $828.76 to $828.76, with a median of $828.76. Across Minnesota, the median is $996.27 at 14 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 69436, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$828.76Aspirus Lake View Hospital
Median$828.76half pay less
Highest$828.76in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Two Harbors, MN.

median
Lowest $828.76Highest $1,243.14
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Aspirus Lake View Hospital lowest Two Harbors, MN · (218) 834-7300 TYMPANOSTOMY GENERAL ANESTHESIA $828.76 $1,007.00 — 18% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Lake View Hospital lowest Two Harbors, MN · (218) 834-7300 Pro Tmpst Anes $828.76 $1,007.00 — 18% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Lake View Hospital both sides Two Harbors, MN · (218) 834-7300 Pro Tmpst Anes|BILATERAL PROCEDURE $1,243.14 $1,510.50 — 18% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $828.76, median $828.76, highest $828.76.

Both sides : lowest $1,243.14, median $1,243.14, highest $1,243.14.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $828.76. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

This procedure makes a tiny opening in the eardrum and places a small tube to let air in and fluid drain out of the middle ear. It is most often done in children with repeated ear infections or lasting fluid behind the eardrum.

What the price covers

The facility price covers the operating room and recovery. The surgeon and anesthesia are usually billed separately, and the code is for one ear.