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Removal Of A Glomus Tumor Behind The Ear

Oregon rates for HCPCS 69552

Removes a glomus tumor, a slow-growing and usually noncancerous growth made of blood vessel and nerve tissue, from the temporal bone at the side of the skull. The surgeon works through the mastoid, the honeycombed bone just behind the ear, to reach it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Glomus Tumor Behind The Ear cost?

$3,020

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,020 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,884 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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$2,884$2,344 to $3,981
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$2,630 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $17,783Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $5,012
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $2,884

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
$3,981.07
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,466.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,168.69
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,168.69
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,090.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,073.80
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,365.16
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$23,442.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$22,908.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,365.16

Where Oregon sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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· 14th of 51

$3,020

CA $9,120WV $1,622

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.