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Inner Ear Sac Surgery Without a Drainage Tube

Alaska rates for HCPCS 69805

This surgery relieves pressure on the endolymphatic sac, a small fluid-regulating structure deep in the inner ear, without placing a permanent drainage tube. It is used to treat Meniere's disease, a condition causing vertigo, hearing changes, and ringing in the ear thought to be linked to excess inner-ear fluid pressure. The surgeon exposes and decompresses the sac through an incision behind the ear.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Inner Ear Sac Surgery Without a Drainage Tube cost?

$11,248

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,248 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,169 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,169$2,754 to $4,169
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$5,754 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $4,169 to $19,498Professionalmedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $5,754
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,079professional $4,169

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$22,387.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$23,988.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$6,918.31
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$8,709.64
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$23,988.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 1st of 51

$11,248

$4,169 physician + $7,079 facility

AK $11,248MT $3,134

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.