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Inner Ear Sac Surgery Without a Drainage Tube

Minnesota 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?

$5,123

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,123 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,239 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$2,239$1,660 to $3,236
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,778 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $10,965Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $4,169
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,884professional $2,239

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$22,387.21
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,677.35
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$10,471.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,890.45
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$38,904.51
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 23rd of 51

$5,123

$2,239 physician + $2,884 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.