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Cochlear Implant Surgery

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 69930

Places a cochlear implant, an electronic device that bypasses the damaged inner ear and stimulates the hearing nerve directly. The surgeon works through the bone behind the ear, threads a fine electrode into the snail-shaped inner ear, and seats the receiver under the skin of the skull. It is used for severe hearing loss that hearing aids cannot help.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cochlear Implant Surgery cost?

$1,585

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,259 to $3,311.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $64,565Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $6,918
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $8,511professional $1,318

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
$1,318.26
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,235.94
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25,118.86
Median
$44,668.36
Typical High
$117,489.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 15.5 times more in Oklahoma than in Utah. 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.

Washington, DC· 35th of 51

$1,585

OK $11,749UT $759

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.