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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth in the Ear Canal

New Jersey 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $5,888 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$195$129 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$4,467 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $575 to $10,471Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $115 to $501
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $195

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
$380.19
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$537.03
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$398.11
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,585.78
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$371.54

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 40th of 51

$214

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.