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Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve

Iowa 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?

$2,536

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,536 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$174 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$479 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $269 to $6,761Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $162 to $562
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,291professional $245

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
$354.81
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$512.86
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$660.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$512.86
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$338.84

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 14.6 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeIowa $2,536 · 19th of 49
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.