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Wide Ear Canal Cancer Removal With Neck Nodes

Idaho rates for HCPCS 69155

Removes a cancer of the ear canal together with a wide margin of the surrounding tissue and bone, and in the same operation clears the lymph nodes from the neck on that side. The neck is addressed because cancers of the ear canal can spread to those nodes. It is a long operation under general anesthesia requiring a hospital stay, and reconstruction is often needed afterward.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Wide Ear Canal Cancer Removal With Neck Nodes cost?

$2,399

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,399 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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 8 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$2,399$2,188 to $2,884
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$2,291 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $7,079Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $3,162
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $2,399

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,090.30
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,630.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,311.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,754.23
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Idaho· 20th of 51

$2,399

CA $7,244WV $1,585

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.