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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth in the Ear Canal

Florida rates for HCPCS 69540

Surgical removal of a soft tissue lesion — such as a cyst, polyp, or other growth — located in the external ear canal. The surgeon removes the growth, usually working through the ear canal itself without an outside incision, and the tissue may be sent to a lab for examination. It is used when a growth is causing blockage, discharge, hearing changes, or discomfort, or when the diagnosis needs to be confirmed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth in the Ear Canal cost?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $4,169 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 7 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$174$123 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,169$1,514 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $603 to $10,715Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $110 to $295
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $174

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
$223.87
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$295.12
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$380.19
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,772.37
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$194.98
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$354.81
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 9.1 times more in Oklahoma 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.

Florida· 44th of 51

$200

OK $1,698RI $186

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.