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Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve

Louisiana 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?

$1,517

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,517 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$229$178 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$676 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $282 to $3,715Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $166 to $427
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $1,288professional $229

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
$446.68
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$295.12
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$389.05

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 33rd of 49

$1,517

$229 physician + $1,288 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.