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Inner Ear Sac Surgery Without a Drainage Tube

North Dakota 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?

$4,768

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,768 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,950$1,585 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,023 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $4,677Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,455
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,818professional $1,950

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,238.72
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 31st of 51

$4,768

$1,950 physician + $2,818 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.