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Closure Of A Draining Opening Behind The Ear

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 69700

Surgery that closes an abnormal tract running from the skin behind the ear into the air spaces of the mastoid bone. The tract is cut out and the tissue closed in layers so it stops draining.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Closure Of A Draining Opening Behind The Ear cost?

$1,445

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,445 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,445$1,047 to $1,585
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$1,047 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $832 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $851 to $2,042
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,585professional $1,445

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$14,125.38
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,011.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,041.74
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,041.74
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 5.9 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Nebraska· 6th of 51

$1,445

AK $2,692UT $457

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.