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Removal Of Inner Ear Balance Organ

Alaska rates for HCPCS 69910

Ear surgery that destroys and removes the balance organ of the inner ear, reached by opening the bone behind the ear. Shutting off the faulty balance signals from that ear stops attacks of severe spinning dizziness, and the other ear takes over balance duty over the following weeks. Hearing on that side is lost, so it is only done in an ear that no longer has useful hearing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Inner Ear Balance Organ cost?

$5,823

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,823 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,311 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$3,311$2,188 to $4,786
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,148 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $891 to $14,125Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $891 to $6,457
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $3,311

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$20,892.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,235.94
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$6,760.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,606.93
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$6,760.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,606.93

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.8 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

Alaska· 34th of 50

$5,823

$3,311 physician + $2,512 facility

IN $16,159WV $2,074

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.