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Ear Cartilage Graft

West Virginia 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?

$12,112

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,112 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $11,482 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$631$537 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$11,482$692 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,482 · 10th to 90th $603 to $12,303Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $282 to $813
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $11,482professional $631

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$812.83
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$724.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,365.16
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 9.1 times more in West Virginia than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

West Virginia· 1st of 50

$12,112

$631 physician + $11,482 facility

WV $12,112MD $1,325

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.