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Ear Cartilage Graft

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 21235

This procedure obtains a small piece of cartilage from the ear to use as graft material elsewhere in the body, most often to help rebuild or support another structure such as the nose. The donor site on the ear is closed after the cartilage is harvested.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ear Cartilage Graft cost?

$759

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $631 to $955.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $8,710Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $724

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Hawaii than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Rhode Island· 40th of 51

$759

HI $3,467WV $661

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.