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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 July 2026.

How much does Inner Ear Sac Surgery Without a Drainage Tube cost?

$8,621

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,621 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,455 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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$2,455$1,778 to $3,388
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$3,020 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $19,498Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $4,074
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $6,166professional $2,455

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$26,915.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,786.30
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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· 17th of 50

$8,621

$2,455 physician + $6,166 facility

IN $16,159WV $2,122

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.