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Wide Ear Canal Cancer Removal With Neck Nodes

Montana 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 October 2026.

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

$2,455

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,455 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,455 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,455$1,698 to $2,630
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$2,399 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $2,630Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $79 to $2,818
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,455professional $2,455

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,754.23
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,630.27
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Montana· 14th of 51

$2,455

AK $6,607TX $851

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.