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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth in the Ear Canal

Nebraska 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?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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$257$200 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$2,754 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $347 to $13,490Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $120 to $741
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,467professional $257

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
$2,344.23
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,584.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$501.19

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 10th of 51

$316

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.