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Nerve Decompression Surgery, Other Nerve

South Carolina 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?

$1,657

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,657 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$331 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$708 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $501 to $8,913Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $89 to $575
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $398

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
$426.58
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56
11 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
$177.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$95.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$95.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$95.50

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 42nd of 51

$1,657

$398 physician + $1,259 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.