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Surgery and procedures CPT 69436 New Mexico Outpatient

Ear tubes surgery cost in New Mexico

In New Mexico, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for ear tube placement (tympanostomy) under general anesthesia, one ear: from $334.54 to $9,842.98, with a median of $1,952.10. The lowest price is at Memorial Medical Center (Las Cruces). The highest price is 29.4× the lowest.

  • The median here, $1,952.10, is 29% below the US median of $2,762.69.
  • New Mexico ranks 13th of 37 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 69436. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 12, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$334.54Memorial Medical Center
Median$1,952.10half of hospitals charge less
Highest$9,842.98in New Mexico
Lowest saves$1,617.56vs the median

Hospitals in New Mexico, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Memorial Medical Center lowest Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM Tympanostomy (requiring insertion of ventilating tube), general anesthesia $334.54 $557.57 Jul 10, 2026
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University of New Mexico Hospital one side Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM INCISION OF EARDRUM WITH PLACEMENT OF EARDRUM TUBE UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA $1,001.95 $1,821.73 Mar 25, 2026
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Carlsbad Medical Center Carlsbad · Carlsbad-Artesia, NM CREATE EARDRUM OPENING $1,952.10 $19,521.00 Dec 2, 2024
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Eastern New Mexico Medical Center Roswell · Roswell, NM CREATE EARDRUM OPENING $2,913.54 $13,874.00 Dec 20, 2024
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Los Alamos Medical Center Los Alamos · Albuquerque, NM Tympanostomy (requiring insertion of ventilating tube), general anesthesia $9,842.98 $16,404.96 Jul 10, 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.

By metro area

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

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Albuquerque, NM 2 $1,001.95 $5,422.46
Carlsbad-Artesia, NM 1 $1,952.10 $1,952.10
Las Cruces, NM 1 $334.54 $334.54
Roswell, NM 1 $2,913.54 $2,913.54
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.