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Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve

Kansas 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?

$1,039

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,039 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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$263$219 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$457 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $282 to $3,162Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,660
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $776professional $263

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
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$302.00
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
$112.20
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$28.84

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 19th of 51

$1,039

$263 physician + $776 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.