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Cochlear Implant Surgery

West Virginia 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?

$32,563

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32,563 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $30,903 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,660$1,175 to $2,884
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$30,903$3,631 to $47,863

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30,903 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $50,119Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $955 to $3,467
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $30,903professional $1,660

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
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$10,471.29
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47,863.01
Median
$47,863.01
Typical High
$47,863.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$32,359.37
Typical High
$91,201.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 15.1 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

West Virginia· 10th of 51

$32,563

$1,660 physician + $30,903 facility

AK $55,017MT $3,639

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.