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Partial Outer Ear Removal With Simple Repair

Alabama rates for HCPCS 69110

This surgery removes part of the outer ear, the visible, cartilage-supported structure on the side of the head, along with a simple repair of the resulting wound. It is most often performed to remove a skin cancer or other lesion that can be treated by taking out a limited area of tissue rather than the entire ear. The wound is typically closed directly as part of the same procedure rather than requiring a separate reconstructive surgery.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Partial Outer Ear Removal With Simple Repair cost?

$4,734

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,734 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$363 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,202 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $562 to $4,266Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $309 to $646
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,266professional $468

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$660.69
7 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Colorado than in Delaware. 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

Alabama· 2nd of 51

$4,734

$468 physician + $4,266 facility

CO $5,773DE $1,161

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.