CPT code 69433: Ear tube placement, local or topical anesthesia2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Riverside, CA

In Riverside, CA, Medicare pays $216.15 for 69433 in the office and $125.36 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

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Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 69433 covers

An otolaryngologist typically performs this procedure in an office or other setting using local or topical anesthesia. The clinician makes an opening in the tympanic membrane and inserts a ventilating tube to help maintain middle-ear ventilation, commonly for persistent middle-ear fluid or recurrent ear infections. The tube placement is part of the service; an incision without tube insertion is a different service.

Report the code for each treated ear and document the clinical indication, side, anesthetic approach, eardrum opening, and tube placement. CMS assigns a 10-day global period, which includes related postoperative visits during that period. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are reduced under the standard multiple-procedure rule. For bilateral performance, modifier 50 is paid at 150%. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery for this code; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Riverside, CA compares for 69433

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 69433 runs from $178.66 in Arkansas to $268.55 in San Benito County, CA. Riverside, CA pays $216.15. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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How the 69433 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 69433

69433 has a 10-day global period: related visits in that window are included in the surgery payment.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 50

Codes related to 69433

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 69433 has changed in Riverside, CA

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Where the Riverside, CA rate applies

Riverside, CA is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 127 cities and communities in California. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Ontario
• Riverside
• San Bernardino
• Adelanto
• Aguanga
• Anza
• Apple Valley
• Baker

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

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