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Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve

Maryland 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?

$410

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $410 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $224 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$174 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$224$174 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $48 to $4,467Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $158 to $479
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $224professional $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
$173.78
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$478.63
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$389.05
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 48th of 49

$410

$186 physician + $224 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.