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Removal of a Soft Tissue Growth in the Ear Canal

Tennessee 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $2,188 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$155 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,188$1,380 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $617 to $4,074Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $120 to $398
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,188professional $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
$436.52
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$380.19
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$398.11

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 24th of 51

$240

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.