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Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve

Kentucky 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?

$2,136

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,136 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$186$158 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,148 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $398 to $2,951Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $155 to $398
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $186

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
$169.82
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$295.12
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$309.03
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,174.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$346.74

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 14.6 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. 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

Kentucky· 25th of 49

$2,136

$186 physician + $1,950 facility

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.