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Inner Ear Sac Surgery Without a Drainage Tube

Alabama 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?

$6,214

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,214 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,202$1,023 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$2,884 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $5,129Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $912 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $1,202

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,548.82
7 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 15th of 51

$6,214

$1,202 physician + $5,012 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.