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Inner Ear Medication Treatment For Vertigo

California 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?

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $9,772 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 13 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$295$195 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,772$6,761 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $17,783Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,202
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $9,772professional $295

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
$3,162.28
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$21,379.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$234.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$17,782.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$691.83
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$14,125.38
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$831.76
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$338.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$426.58
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$42,657.95
Typical High
$42,657.95
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$316.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,000.00
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$794.33
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$707.95
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$831.76

Where California sits

The same service costs 15.8 times more in Hawaii than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

California $794 · 3rd of 51
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.