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Inner Ear Sac Surgery Without a Drainage Tube

Michigan 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?

$5,034

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,034 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,318$1,202 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,570 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $6,918Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $2,089
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $1,318

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
$1,202.26
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,019.95
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$9,120.11
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,584.89
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
12 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
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 26th of 51

$5,034

$1,318 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.