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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth in the Ear Canal

Montana 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $331 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$224$204 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$331$224 to $372

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $214 to $427Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $126 to $479
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $331professional $224

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$346.74
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$398.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$398.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 31st of 51

$229

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.