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Ear tubes (tympanostomy) in Iowa: what insurers pay

Posted commercial rates at 32 Iowa hospitals, each next to its own Medicare base rate.

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CPT 69436

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Mercyone North Iowa Medical Center Mason City$1,5851.1×172026-03-31
Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo$1,5851.1×182026-03-31
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center Clinton$1,5851.1×202026-03-31
Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines$1,6871.1×202026-03-31
Kossuth Regional Health Center Algona$1,8381.2×12026-07-16
Hawarden Regional Healthcare Hawarden$2,0481.4×12026-04-24
Manning Regional Healthcare Center Manning$2,0571.4×22026-07-01
Floyd County Medical Center Charles City$2,1651.4×32025-11-19
Cherokee Regional Medical Center Cherokee$2,1851.5×42025-11-19
Mercyone Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque$2,4151.6×52026-03-31
Unitypoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown$2,6031.7×12026-01-28
Adair County Memorial Hospital Greenfield$2,6721.8×12026-09-02
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Council Bluffs$2,9101.8×52026-02-15
Finley Hospital Dubuque$2,9141.9×42026-01-28
Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines$3,0172.0×22026-09-01
Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf$3,2062.1×32026-01-28
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital And Clinics West Union$3,2732.2×12026-06-27
Allen Hospital Waterloo$3,2892.2×32026-01-28
Madison County Health Care System Winterset$3,5012.3×12026-09-23
Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge$3,6382.4×32026-01-28
Trinity Muscatine Muscatine$4,0452.7×22026-01-28
Ottumwa Regional Health Center Ottumwa$4,7083.2×32026-07-23
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs$8,6455.4×62026-02-28

CPT 69433

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond Belmond$2680.5×32026-04-22
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion Clarion$2680.5×32026-06-11
Waverly Health Center Waverly$2840.6×22026-03-03
Clarinda Regional Health Center Clarinda$2880.6×32026-07-13
Chi Health - Mercy Corning Corning$2930.6×102026-02-28
Chi Health Missouri Valley Missouri Valley$2930.5×102026-02-28
Cass County Memorial Hospital Atlantic$2990.6×42026-06-01
Hawarden Regional Healthcare Hawarden$3270.6×12026-04-24
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital Red Oak$3370.7×12026-04-01
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital And Clinics West Union$4260.8×12026-06-27
Mercyone North Iowa Medical Center Mason City$5511.1×172026-03-31
Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo$5511.1×172026-03-31
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center Clinton$5511.1×202026-03-31
Manning Regional Healthcare Center Manning$5941.1×32026-07-01
Cherokee Regional Medical Center Cherokee$8161.6×42025-11-19
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Council Bluffs$8411.5×32026-02-15
Unitypoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown$8951.7×12026-01-28
Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines$9221.8×32026-09-01
Trinity Muscatine Muscatine$9301.8×42026-01-28
Floyd County Medical Center Charles City$9921.9×32025-11-19
Finley Hospital Dubuque$1,0021.9×62026-01-28
Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf$1,1022.1×32026-01-28
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs$1,1152.0×22026-02-28
Allen Hospital Waterloo$1,1312.2×32026-01-28
Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge$1,2512.4×32026-01-28
Decatur County Hospital Leon$1,9603.8×22026-03-04

Questions

How much do insurers pay for ear tubes (tympanostomy) in Iowa?

32 Iowa hospitals post usable commercial rates for ear tubes (tympanostomy) in their federal price-transparency files. For CPT 69436, hospital outpatient, the median across 23 hospitals is $2,672, 1.8× each hospital's local Medicare base rate. Your share depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance; the surgeon and anesthesia bill separately.