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Inner Ear Sac Surgery Without a Drainage Tube

Louisiana 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?

$4,890

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,890 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,175$1,023 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,630 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $933 to $1,820
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $1,175

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
$891.25
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,905.46
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
$549.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 30th of 51

$4,890

$1,175 physician + $3,715 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.