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Freeing or Rerouting a Cranial Nerve

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 64716

Frees a cranial nerve — one of the nerves running directly from the brain to the face, head, or neck — from scar tissue or structures pressing on it, and where needed shifts it onto a new path away from the pressure. Taking the compression off lets the nerve recover the movement or sensation it had been losing. The nerve itself is preserved rather than cut.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Freeing or Rerouting a Cranial Nerve cost?

$1,380

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $631 to $5,370.

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 $1,413 · 10th to 90th $501 to $8,318Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,202
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $794

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$0.58
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,715.19
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$45,708.82
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 15.5 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

North Carolina· 41st of 50

$1,380

IN $7,943ND $513

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.