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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 October 2026.

How much does Removal Of Inner Ear Balance Organ cost?

$11,153

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,153 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,074 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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$4,074$2,630 to $4,074
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$5,754 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $4,169 to $19,498Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $5,495
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,079professional $4,074

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
$2,344.23
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$22,387.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$23,988.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,235.94
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,918.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$8,709.64
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$23,988.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,606.93

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.7 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

Alaska· 1st of 51

$11,153

$4,074 physician + $7,079 facility

AK $11,153MT $2,993

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.