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Neck Muscle Release For Compressed Arm Nerves And Vessels

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 21700

This is a surgery to cut a small muscle at the base of the neck in order to relieve compression on the nerves and blood vessels traveling down into the arm. It does not involve removing any extra rib as part of the same operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Neck Muscle Release For Compressed Arm Nerves And Vessels cost?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $6,166 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 5 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$389$355 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,166$4,571 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $10,965Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $316 to $2,239
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,166professional $389

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
$3,090.30
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,148.15
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$588.84
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$26,915.35
Typical High
$36,307.81
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$933.25

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 10.7 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

New Jersey· 40th of 51

$479

CA $3,890DE $363

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.