Ear tubes, local anesthesia cost in Montana
In Montana, 8 hospitals publish a cash price for ear tube placement (tympanostomy) with local anesthesia, one ear: from $193.60 to $1,033.01, with a median of $435.78. The lowest price is at Providence St Joseph Medical Center (Polson). The highest price is 5.3× the lowest.
- The median here, $435.78, is 41% below the US median of $741.60.
- That is 0.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($551.01).
- Montana ranks 8th of 34 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 69433. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 9, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$193.60Providence St Joseph Medical Center
Median$435.78half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,033.01in Montana
Lowest saves$242.18vs the median
Hospitals in Montana, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Medical Center lowest Polson · Polson, MT HC PR 69433 CREATE EARDRUM OPENING LOCAL ANESTHESIA | $193.60 | $242.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell · Kalispell, MT TYMPANOSTOMY LOCAL/TOPICAL ANE | $229.45 | $353.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sidney Health Center Sidney · Sidney, MT TYMPANOSTOMY (REQUIRING INSERT VENTILATING TUBE) LOCAL TOPICAL ANES | $384.53 | $621.00 | Apr 30, 2026 source file |
| Deaconess Regional Medical Center Bozeman · Bozeman, MT HC PF CREATE EARDRUM OPENINGLOCAL ANESTH | $425.60 | $532.00 | Jan 16, 2026 source file |
| St. Peter's Health Helena · Helena, MT HC TYMPANOSTOMY LOCAL/TOPICAL ANESTHESIA | $445.96 | $524.66 | Mar 16, 2026 source file |
| Big Sky Medical Center Big Sky · Bozeman, MT BUTALBITAL-ASA-CAFF-CODEINE 50-325-40-30 MG PO CAPS | $454.40 | $568.00 | Jan 15, 2026 source file |
| Livingston HealthCare Livingston · Livingston, MT Incision of eardrum with insertion of eardrum tube under local or topical anesthesia | $684.00 | $720.00 | Jun 25, 2026 source file |
| Mineral Community Hospital East Superior · Missoula, MT 69433 TYMPANOSTOMY W/LOCAL | $1,033.01 | $1,291.26 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bozeman, MT | 2 | $425.60 | $440.00 |
| Helena, MT | 1 | $445.96 | $445.96 |
| Kalispell, MT | 1 | $229.45 | $229.45 |
| Livingston, MT | 1 | $684.00 | $684.00 |
| Missoula, MT | 1 | $1,033.01 | $1,033.01 |
| Polson, MT | 1 | $193.60 | $193.60 |
| Sidney, MT | 1 | $384.53 | $384.53 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What ear tubes, local anesthesia is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Ear tubes, local anesthesia explained.
Ear tube placement (tympanostomy) with local anesthesia, one ear in other states
- Alabama$279.75, 1 hospital
- Alaska$938.00, 3 hospitals
- Arizona$584.09, 2 hospitals
- Arkansas$468.00
- California$1,024.40
- Colorado$470.43, 3 hospitals
- Connecticut$738.24, 1 hospital
- Delaware$2,746.00, 1 hospital
- District of Columbia$1,678.43, 1 hospital
- Florida$1,072.00
- Georgia$911.43
- Hawaii$1,221.50, 3 hospitals
- Idaho$709.71
- Illinois$550.00
- Indiana$593.60, 3 hospitals
- Iowa$417.02
- Kansas$446.40
- Kentucky$323.80
- Louisiana$508.00
- Maine$344.25
- Massachusetts$1,424.50
- Michigan$326.23
- Minnesota$437.38
- Mississippi$370.80
- Missouri$541.70
- Nebraska$455.17
- Nevada$807.20, 2 hospitals
- New Jersey$3,886.00
- New Mexico$389.92, 2 hospitals
- New York$1,089.00
- North Carolina$651.78
- North Dakota$996.83
- Ohio$1,324.05
- Oklahoma$284.00
- Oregon$563.08
- Pennsylvania$1,096.60
- Rhode Island$2,938.32, 2 hospitals
- South Carolina$999.22
- South Dakota$741.60
- Tennessee$380.60
- Texas$811.68
- Utah$875.98, 1 hospital
- Vermont$352.40, 4 hospitals
- Virginia$818.00
- Washington$523.75
- West Virginia$620.00
- Wisconsin$522.60
- Wyoming$458.28, 2 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.