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Removal Of A Tumor From The Temporal Bone

Mississippi rates for HCPCS 69970

Removes a growth from the temporal bone, the part of the skull at the side of the head that houses the hearing and balance organs. Bone around the growth is opened up so that the growth itself can be taken out.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Tumor From The Temporal Bone cost?

$2,818

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,020 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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$3,020$1,995 to $4,266
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$1,514 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $891 to $9,333Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $4,365
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $3,020

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
$776.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,168.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where Mississippi sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in California than in Oklahoma. 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.

Mississippi· 30th of 51

$2,818

CA $9,120OK $2,188

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.