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Inner Ear Sac Surgery Without a Drainage Tube

South 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?

$5,006

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,006 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,188 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,188$1,660 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,862 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $4,074Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $2,884
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $2,188

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
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$8,511.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,073.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,884.03
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where South 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

South Dakota· 28th of 51

$5,006

$2,188 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.