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Surgery and procedures CPT 69436 Colorado Outpatient

Ear tubes surgery cost in Colorado

In Colorado, 7 hospitals publish a cash price for ear tube placement (tympanostomy) under general anesthesia, one ear: from $390.00 to $3,944.85, with a median of $1,332.00. The lowest price is at Yuma Disctrict Hospital (Yuma). The highest price is 10.1× the lowest.

  • The median here, $1,332.00, is 52% below the US median of $2,762.69.
  • Colorado ranks 2nd of 36 states by median, cheapest first.
  • 2 of 7 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Colorado's Hospital Discounted Care law (HB21-1198): for qualifying patients with household income at or below 250% of the federal poverty level, hospitals and the clinicians who work in them may charge no more than the greater of the Medicare rate or the Medicaid base rate, and monthly payments are capped. That can be less than the cash prices below; ask the hospital to screen you for discounted care. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 69436. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 9, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$390.00Yuma Disctrict Hospital
Median$1,332.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$3,944.85in Colorado
Lowest saves$942.00vs the median

Hospitals in Colorado, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Yuma Disctrict Hospital lowest Yuma · Yuma, CO Tympanoplasty, general anesthesia 69436 $390.00 $520.00 May 28, 2026
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Lincoln Health Hugo · Hugo, CO Create eardrum opening $493.00 $493.00 Jun 4, 2026
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Community Hospital Grand Junction · Grand Junction, CO INCISION OF EARDRUM WITH PLACEMENT OF EARDRUM TUBE UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA $1,120.00 $2,000.00 Mar 13, 2026
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Grand River Medical Center Rifle · Rifle, CO INCISION OF EARDRUM WITH PLACEMENT OF EARDRUM TUBE UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA $1,332.00 $2,664.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Melissa Memorial Hospital Holyoke · Holyoke, CO Incision of eardrum with placement of eardrum tube under general anesthesia $1,965.60 $2,457.00 Nov 7, 2026
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Animas Surgical Hospital one side Durango · Durango, CO INCISION OF EARDRUM WITH PLACEMENT OF EARDRUM TUBE UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA $2,501.00 $2,501.00 Mar 16, 2026
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Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora · Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO HB=TYMPANOSTOMY REQ INS OF VENTILATING TUBES GEN ANES $3,944.85 $6,069.00 Apr 17, 2026
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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.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO 1 $3,944.85 $3,944.85
Durango, CO 1 $2,501.00 $2,501.00
Grand Junction, CO 1 $1,120.00 $1,120.00
Holyoke, CO 1 $1,965.60 $1,965.60
Hugo, CO 1 $493.00 $493.00
Rifle, CO 1 $1,332.00 $1,332.00
Yuma, CO 1 $390.00 $390.00
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 surgery is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Ear tubes surgery explained.

Ear tube placement (tympanostomy) under general anesthesia, one ear in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.