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Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve

Colorado 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?

$3,285

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,285 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$195$174 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$316 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $186 to $7,413Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $166 to $603
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $195

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
$1,202.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$389.05
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$380.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,412.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$309.03
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$446.68

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 13th of 49

$3,285

$195 physician + $3,090 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.