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Surgery Involving An Inner-Ear Balance Implant

California rates for HCPCS 0726T

Surgery concerning an implanted device that sends electrical signals to the balance organ of the inner ear, used for people with severe, repeated dizziness that has not settled with other treatment. It is carried out by an ear surgeon in an operating room.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgery Involving An Inner-Ear Balance Implant cost?

$7,413

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,413 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,012 from a physician practice, and about $7,413 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$5,012$3,467 to $11,749
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,413$5,012 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $15,849Professionalmedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $16,218
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,413professional $5,012

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
$3,090.30
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$19,054.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$18,197.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,818.38
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,630.27
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$17,378.01

Where California sits

The same service costs 120.2 times more in Alaska than in North Carolina. 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.

California· 9th of 49

$7,413

AK $12,023NC $100

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.