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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 July 2026.

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

$6,019

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,019 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,388 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$3,388$2,291 to $5,012
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,202 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $933 to $14,125Professionalmedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $912 to $6,607
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $3,388

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$20,892.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,079.46
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,918.31
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,025.60
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,079.46
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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· 33rd of 50

$6,019

$3,388 physician + $2,630 facility

IN $16,159WV $2,122

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.