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Nerve Decompression Surgery, Other Nerve

Alabama rates for HCPCS 64722

This surgery relieves pressure on a compressed or entrapped nerve at a location not covered by more specific nerve release procedures, such as carpal or cubital tunnel surgery. It is done to relieve pain, numbness, or weakness caused by a nerve being pinched by surrounding tissue.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Nerve Decompression Surgery, Other Nerve cost?

$2,520

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,520 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$479 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,288 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $851 to $2,884Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $316 to $661
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $525

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$575.44
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Colorado 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

Alabama· 16th of 51

$2,520

$525 physician + $1,995 facility

CO $4,866MT $1,221

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.