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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic ear procedures

Partial removal of the outer ear with simple repair

CPT 69110the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of part of the visible outer ear, with straightforward closure of the remaining tissue.

Hospitals typically charge $1,749 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 697 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,034. Most fall between $661 and $4,230 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
697
States
48
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 697 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$509$774$1,749$3,819$6,351

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($509 vs $6,351).

How the prices are spread

$362 – $498: 32 hospitals$362$498 – $684: 79 hospitals$684 – $941: 86 hospitals$684$941 – $1,292: 73 hospitals$1,292 – $1,776: 51 hospitals$1,292$1,776 – $2,440: 52 hospitals$2,440 – $3,354: 81 hospitals$2,440$3,354 – $4,608: 83 hospitals$4,608 – $6,333: 56 hospitals$4,608$6,333 – $8,702: 36 hospitals$6,333median $1,749price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (629 of 697 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$362$49832
$498$68479
$684$94186
$941$1,29273
$1,292$1,77651
$1,776$2,44052
$2,440$3,35481
$3,354$4,60883
$4,608$6,33356
$6,333$8,70236

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,968
Median cash price$1,749
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.59×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,749.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $4,046 across 22 hospitalsWA$4,046Idaho: median $2,616 across 11 hospitalsID$2,616Montana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,105 across 17 hospitalsMN$1,105Illinois: median $1,188 across 32 hospitalsIL$1,188Wisconsin: median $1,749 across 49 hospitalsWI$1,749Michigan: median $1,749 across 43 hospitalsMI$1,749New York: median $3,387 across 45 hospitalsNY$3,387Massachusetts: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $869 across 21 hospitalsOR$869Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,130 across 31 hospitalsIA$1,130Indiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $918 across 23 hospitalsOH$918Pennsylvania: median $3,356 across 15 hospitalsPA$3,356New Jersey: median $3,819 across 32 hospitalsNJ$3,819Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $3,091 across 52 hospitalsCA$3,091Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $1,169 across 13 hospitalsNE$1,169Missouri: median $2,348 across 22 hospitalsMO$2,348Kentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $997 across 19 hospitalsWV$997Virginia: median $771 across 12 hospitalsVA$771Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $574 across 17 hospitalsKS$574Arkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $1,355 across 10 hospitalsNC$1,355South Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $565 across 17 hospitalsOK$565Louisiana: median $1,613 across 13 hospitalsLA$1,613Mississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $4,609 across 13 hospitalsGA$4,609Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,745 across 31 hospitalsTX$2,745Florida: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,749. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA13$4,609+163%$583 – $4,609
Washington WA22$4,046+131%$851 – $4,596
New Jersey NJ32$3,819+118%$3,171 – $5,741
New York NY45$3,387+94%$627 – $3,626
Pennsylvania PA15$3,356+92%$576 – $5,075
California CA52$3,091+77%$2,088 – $4,082
Texas TX31$2,745+57%$1,965 – $3,535
Idaho ID11$2,616+50%$1,030 – $7,765
Missouri MO22$2,348+34%$650 – $12,058
Michigan MI43$1,7490%$479 – $11,565
Wisconsin WI49$1,7490%$807 – $3,208
Louisiana LA13$1,613−8%$1,228 – $5,771
North Carolina NC10$1,355−23%$765 – $2,755
Illinois IL32$1,188−32%$772 – $2,843
Nebraska NE13$1,169−33%$954 – $1,294
Iowa IA31$1,130−35%$850 – $1,146
Minnesota MN17$1,105−37%$741 – $1,464
West Virginia WV19$997−43%$332 – $3,693
Ohio OH23$918−48%$460 – $4,016
Oregon OR21$869−50%$797 – $1,157
Virginia VA12$771−56%$219 – $8,299
Kansas KS17$574−67%$205 – $1,125
Oklahoma OK17$565−68%$565 – $4,036
Florida FL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,749.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care502$2,573$771 – $4,731
Children’s19fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access175$923$533 – $1,789
Ownership
For-profit57$2,425$656 – $5,993
Government132$1,270$669 – $3,535
Non-profit507$1,749$661 – $4,195
System affiliation
Part of a system543$1,965$715 – $4,531
Independent154$998$586 – $3,178

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,244
Median cash price$1,749
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

409 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,744 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,829; most fall between $627 and $4,082.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 409 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$498$741$1,744$3,091$5,993

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($498 vs $5,993).

Of the 463 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 409 gave a usable cash price; 28 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 26 a list price only.

How complete is this

697 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (18%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 787 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted697
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here59
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded28
Hospitals that filed this code787

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other therapeutic ear procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Excision External Ear Partial Simple Repair.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Partial removal of the outer ear with simple repair (CPT 69110) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-69110-partial-removal-of-the-outer-ear-with-simple-repair