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Opening The Bony Canal Of The Hearing Nerve

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 69960

Opens and widens the internal auditory canal, the narrow bony channel through which the hearing and balance nerves travel from the inner ear toward the brain. Removing bone from around the channel takes pressure off the nerves running inside it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Opening The Bony Canal Of The Hearing Nerve cost?

$2,089

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,089 from a physician practice, and about $9,120 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,089$1,862 to $2,239
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,120$3,467 to $17,378

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $22,909Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $3,548
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $9,120professional $2,089

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,365.16
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$25,703.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in California 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.

South Carolina· 41st of 51

$2,089

CA $9,333WV $1,862

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.