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Cutting The Inner Ear Balance Nerve

Iowa rates for HCPCS 69950

An operation that reaches the inner ear through an opening made in the skull and cuts the nerve carrying balance signals from one ear to the brain. Silencing the faulty signals stops severe attacks of spinning dizziness while the hearing nerve alongside it is preserved. It is reserved for disabling vertigo that has not responded to medication or other treatment.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cutting The Inner Ear Balance Nerve cost?

$3,548

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,548 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,548 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,548$2,818 to $4,467
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,514 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $5,495
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $3,548

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,011.87
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$14,125.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,786.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,623.41
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 21.9 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$3,548

AK $7,079TX $324

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.