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Inner Ear Sac Surgery Without a Drainage Tube

New York 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?

$6,106

Typical total for the visit. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,106 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$977$851 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$2,455 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $11,749Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $776 to $2,089
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,129professional $977

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
$1,819.70
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,302.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,905.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,818.38
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,489.63
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,890.45
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,715.35
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,862.09
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,754.40
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,884.03
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$5,495.41
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
15 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
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$870.96
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,174.90
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$190.55
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$95.50
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,096.48
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$281.84
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$141.25
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where New York 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

New York· 17th of 51

$6,106

$977 physician + $5,129 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.