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Simple Cleaning Of A Mastoid Surgical Cavity

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 69220

This is the cleaning out of debris, wax, or discharge from a cavity left behind after prior ear or mastoid bone surgery, done as a straightforward office procedure. Regular cleaning of this type of cavity helps prevent infection and keeps it healthy since it doesn't drain and self-clean the way a normal ear canal does. It's typically quick and doesn't require anesthesia beyond what's needed for comfort.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Simple Cleaning Of A Mastoid Surgical Cavity cost?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $437 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$93.33$69.18 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$129 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $98 to $3,981Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $59 to $166
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $437professional $93

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
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$141.25
5 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
$38.02
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$16.60

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Wisconsin than in Kentucky. 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.

Rhode Island· 29th of 51

$95.50

WI $229KY $72.44

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.