Chronic suppurative otitis media is a common and frequent disease in otologic surgery. Currently, most tertiary hospitals across the country perform this type of surgery, but the majority of hospitals and doctors currently perform chronic otitis media surgery under a microscope, requiring a traditional otitis media surgery that requires an incision in front of or behind the ear and at the scalp or ear screen, which requires shaving the hair around the ear before surgery, which is traumatic and aesthetically poor. The cost of this surgery is currently around 12,000 RMB to 15,000 RMB in most hospitals in general. So what is the current cost of the minimally invasive surgery for otitis media performed by Dr. Cheng? In terms of the current price level in 2016, minimally invasive surgery for chronic otitis media with Dr. Cheng can generally be divided into two types of cases. The first type is patients who have outpatient surgery, mainly done in Dr. Zheng’s minimally invasive surgery studio for otitis media (the studio generally cooperates with medical platforms around the country, and Dr. Zheng personally performs the surgery). This type of patient can go home after the surgery is done and observed for about 2 hours because there is no need to do much meaningless examination, which usually costs 6,000 – 8,000 RMB. The second case is to be hospitalized in the tertiary hospital where Dr. Zheng works, which generally requires 3-5 days of hospitalization and more tests required by the hospital and the department (some of which can be done or not, but the hospital has uniform requirements and Dr. Zheng does not have much autonomy), and the total cost of hospitalization is about RMB 10,000-12,000. From the above comparison, it can be seen that minimally invasive endoscopic otitis media surgery is less expensive than traditional microscopic otitis media surgery. This is mainly because minimally invasive surgery for otitis media does not require an incision around the ear, and the surgery is less invasive, shorter and simpler with anesthesia, which greatly saves the total cost of the surgery. For patients who are self-paying or have a low reimbursement rate, are more cumbersome, or do not have the time, Dr. Cheng recommends outpatient surgery as much as possible. For patients with a high reimbursement rate and plenty of time, they can opt for inpatient surgery.