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Partial Outer Ear Removal With Simple Repair

South Dakota 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?

$1,535

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,535 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$776$562 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$646 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,698Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,288
$500$1K$2Kfacility $759professional $776

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
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,467.37
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,047.13
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,148.15
6 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
$138.04
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 43rd of 51

$1,535

$776 physician + $759 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.