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Inner Ear Medication Treatment For Vertigo

Alabama rates for HCPCS 69801

Medication is delivered through the ear canal and eardrum into the inner ear, reaching the balance organ that is sending faulty signals. It is used for severe, repeated vertigo attacks that have not settled with medicines taken by mouth or with changes to diet. The ear is numbed first and the treatment is carried out in an office or procedure room.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Inner Ear Medication Treatment For Vertigo cost?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $2,188 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$209$178 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,188$1,318 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $955 to $5,370Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $115 to $380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $209

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
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$323.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$724.44

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 15.8 times more in Hawaii 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.

Alabama· 37th of 51

$263

HI $3,311DE $209

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.