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Inner Ear Sac Surgery With A Drain

Montana rates for HCPCS 69806

Opens the endolymphatic sac, a small fluid reservoir of the inner ear, and places a small drain so that excess fluid can escape and the pressure inside the inner ear is relieved. It is offered for repeated attacks of severe dizziness that have not settled with medication and diet changes.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Inner Ear Sac Surgery With A Drain cost?

$3,207

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,207 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$1,585$1,349 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$1,585 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $16,596Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $955 to $5,129
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,622professional $1,585

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,905.46
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,905.46
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 8.4 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

Montana· 48th of 50

$3,207

$1,585 physician + $1,622 facility

IN $16,069WV $1,915

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.