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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth in the Ear Canal

Oklahoma 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?

$1,698

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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$200$135 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,288 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $417 to $7,079Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $123 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $200

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
$199.53
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,128.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$263.03

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 1st of 51

$1,698

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.