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Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve

Massachusetts 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?

$2,335

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,335 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$245$178 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,000 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $186 to $5,129Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $158 to $468
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,089professional $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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$467.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$19,498.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$478.63
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$281.84
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$398.11
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,380.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$19,498.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$489.78

Where Massachusetts 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 feeMassachusetts $2,335 · 22nd 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.