Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
EAR TUBE RB N/H TI 1.02MM
Waterloo, IA
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Covenant Medical Center Inc’s median price of $292 is 88% below the median hospital's median price ($2.3k), higher than 13% of the 1,507 hospitals reporting HCPCS C1889. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 8 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $221.46 | $2,822 | $26.81 – $31,006 |
| 2 | Cigna midlands choice ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $283.30 | $3,610 | $34.29 – $39,666 |
| 3 | Medica midlands choice ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $283.30 | $3,610 | $34.29 – $39,666 |
| 4 | Aetna aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $356.32 | $4,540 | $43.13 – $49,890 |
| 5 | First Health aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $356.32 | $4,540 | $43.13 – $49,890 |
| 6 | Medical Mutual aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $356.32 | $4,540 | $43.13 – $49,890 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare deere premier facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $371.09 | $4,728 | $44.92 – $51,957 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare uhc optum behavioral health facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $399.02 | $5,084 | $48.30 – $55,868 |
Last updated: Mar 31, 2026
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