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Cutting The Saliva Nerve Inside The Middle Ear

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 69676

A procedure done through the eardrum in which the nerve that tells a salivary gland to produce saliva is divided inside the middle ear. It is used to cut down heavy drooling or constant leaking of saliva that has not responded to other treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cutting The Saliva Nerve Inside The Middle Ear cost?

$1,318

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $977 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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$977$813 to $1,175
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$1,318 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $871 to $6,310Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,380
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $977

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
$758.58
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Louisiana· 22nd of 51

$1,318

CA $5,623DE $891

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.