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Inner Ear Sac Surgery Without a Drainage Tube

Massachusetts 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?

$4,042

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,042 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,698$1,175 to $3,020
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,230 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $955 to $7,079Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $912 to $8,913
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $1,698

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
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,659.59
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$9,549.93
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,912.51
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,162.28
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$10,232.93
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,548.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$9,549.93
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,548.13
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
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
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 43rd of 51

$4,042

$1,698 physician + $2,344 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.