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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth in the Ear Canal

Oregon 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $398 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 8 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$316$209 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$302 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $195 to $6,026Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $182 to $550
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $398professional $316

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
$338.84
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$575.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$512.86
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$478.63
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$407.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$512.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$537.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$6,456.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$549.54

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 8th of 51

$331

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.