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Inner Ear Sac Surgery Without a Drainage Tube

Iowa 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?

$6,924

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,924 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,138 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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$2,138$1,660 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$2,570 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $13,183Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $3,236
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,786professional $2,138

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
$1,659.59
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$14,454.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$8,511.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,818.38
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,311.31
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 8th of 51

$6,924

$2,138 physician + $4,786 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.