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Wide Ear Canal Cancer Removal With Neck Nodes

South Dakota 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?

$3,162

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,467 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,467$2,630 to $3,802
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$759 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,951Professionalmedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $4,571
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $3,467

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,022.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,466.84
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 7th of 51

$3,162

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.