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Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve

Alabama 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?

$1,496

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,496 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $178 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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$178$158 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$776 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $417 to $8,511Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $151 to $427
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,318professional $178

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$346.74

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 34th of 49

$1,496

$178 physician + $1,318 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.