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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 October 2026.

How much does Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve cost?

$1,200

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,200 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $955 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$245$204 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$363 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $240 to $3,548Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $174 to $398
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $955professional $245

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
$954.99
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$245.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$331.13
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$363.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$309.03
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$309.03
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$380.19
5 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
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$18.20

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 20.9 times more in Alabama than in Delaware. 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· 16th of 51

$1,200

$245 physician + $955 facility

AL $7,181DE $344

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.