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Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve

Georgia 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?

$714

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $714 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $457 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$257$214 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$457$174 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $110 to $2,818Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $178 to $468
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $457professional $257

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
$186.21
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,318.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$524.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$489.78
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
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$21.38

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 37th of 51

$714

$257 physician + $457 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.