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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth in the Ear Canal

Minnesota 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?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $871 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 6 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$380$263 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$603 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $219 to $4,467Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $200 to $741
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $871professional $380

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
$131.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,659.59
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$724.44

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 6th of 51

$398

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.