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Complicated Drainage Of Outer Ear Collection

Alabama rates for HCPCS 69005

Drains a pocket of pus or blood from the outer ear in a case that needs more than a simple opening. The collection may be large, deep, divided into compartments, or need packing, a drain, or repeat attention to keep it from refilling. Clearing it relieves pain and pressure and protects the ear cartilage from lasting damage.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Complicated Drainage Of Outer Ear Collection cost?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $1,445 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$229$178 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$1,096 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $617 to $2,455Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $148 to $331
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $229

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$323.59

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in California than in Rhode Island. 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.

Alabama· 35th of 51

$240

CA $851RI $191

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.