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Inner Ear Sac Surgery Without a Drainage Tube

North Carolina 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?

$4,641

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,641 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$1,479$1,023 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,479 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $14,791Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $2,818
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,162professional $1,479

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
$1,023.29
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$33,884.42
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$8,912.51

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 41st of 50

$4,641

$1,479 physician + $3,162 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.