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Removal Of A Soft-Tissue Growth From The Ear Canal

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 69145

This procedure surgically removes a soft-tissue growth from the ear canal, the passage leading from the outer ear to the eardrum. It does not involve removing bone, distinguishing it from procedures that address bony growths in the canal.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Soft-Tissue Growth From The Ear Canal cost?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $398 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 5 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$513$389 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$251 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $251 to $3,020Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $251 to $933
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $398professional $513

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
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$933.25

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Hawaii 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.

North Dakota· 16th of 51

$513

HI $1,905RI $355

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.