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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth in the Ear Canal

Mississippi 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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 5 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$234$170 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$603 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $186 to $2,630Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $120 to $407
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $234

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
$120.23
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$389.05

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 19th of 51

$257

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.