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Inner Ear Sac Surgery Without a Drainage Tube

Washington, DC 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?

$1,175

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,122 to $7,244.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,344
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,762professional $1,122

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
$1,122.02
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,174.90
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$15,135.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$34,673.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 7.9 times more in California 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.

Washington, DC· 48th of 51

$1,175

CA $8,913WV $1,122

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.