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Inner Ear Sac Surgery Without a Drainage Tube

Colorado 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?

$10,060

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,060 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,549$1,259 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$4,266 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $15,488Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,455
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $1,549

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
$2,691.53
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,949.84
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,011.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,344.23
6 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
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$812.83

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$10,060

$1,549 physician + $8,511 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.