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Surgery and procedures CPT 69436 Montana Outpatient

Ear tubes surgery cost in Montana

In Montana, 6 hospitals publish a cash price for ear tube placement (tympanostomy) under general anesthesia, one ear: from $432.80 to $7,297.00, with a median of $1,417.75. The lowest price is at Big Sky Medical Center (Big Sky). The highest price is 16.9× the lowest.

  • The median here, $1,417.75, is 49% below the US median of $2,762.69.
  • Montana ranks 3rd of 36 states by median, cheapest first.
  • 1 of 6 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

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$432.80Big Sky Medical Center
Median$1,417.75half of hospitals charge less
Highest$7,297.00in Montana
Lowest saves$984.95vs the median

Hospitals in Montana, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Big Sky Medical Center lowest Big Sky · Bozeman, MT PR TYMPANOSTOMY GENERAL ANESTHESIA $432.80 $541.00 Jan 15, 2026
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Deaconess Regional Medical Center Bozeman · Bozeman, MT HC PF TYMPANOSTOMY (REQUIRING INSERT VENTILATING TUBE) GENERAL ANES $553.60 $692.00 Jan 16, 2026
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Sidney Health Center Sidney · Sidney, MT TYMPANOSTOMY (REQUIRING INSERT VENTILATING TUBE) GENERAL ANES $637.16 $1,029.00 Apr 30, 2026
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Mineral Community Hospital East Superior · Missoula, MT 69436 TYMPANOSTOMY GENERAL $2,198.33 $2,747.91 Jul 1, 2026
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St. Peter's Health Helena · Helena, MT OPERATING ROOM SERVICES - GENERAL CLASSIFICATION $2,923.27 $3,439.14 Mar 16, 2026
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Great Falls Clinic Hospital one side Great Falls · Great Falls, MT INCISION OF EARDRUM WITH PLACEMENT OF EARDRUM TUBE UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA $7,297.00 $7,297.00 Feb 18, 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
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 areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Bozeman, MT 2 $432.80 $493.20
Great Falls, MT 1 $7,297.00 $7,297.00
Helena, MT 1 $2,923.27 $2,923.27
Missoula, MT 1 $2,198.33 $2,198.33
Sidney, MT 1 $637.16 $637.16
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.