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Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve

Alaska rates for HCPCS 64727

Using an operating microscope, the surgeon opens the outer sheath of a nerve and separates the fine bundles inside it from scar tissue that is squeezing them. It is done as part of a larger operation to release a trapped or scarred nerve. It is billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve cost?

$740

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $740 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $324 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$417$170 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$324$224 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $178 to $4,677Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $166 to $933
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $324professional $417

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
$588.84
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$616.60
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$954.99
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$954.99
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 14.6 times more in New Jersey 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 40th of 49

$740

$417 physician + $324 facility

NJ $5,093WV $348

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.