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Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve

Indiana 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?

$976

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $976 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$234$174 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$417 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $166 to $3,802Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $151 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $741professional $234

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
$165.96
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,187.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$338.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$1,174.90
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$316.23
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
$77.62
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$17.78

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 23rd of 51

$976

$234 physician + $741 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.