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Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve

Maine 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?

$744

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $744 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $525 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$219$204 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$525$501 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $457 to $708Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $178 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $525professional $219

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$363.08
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$309.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$309.03
10 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
$93.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38

Where Maine 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

Maine· 33rd of 51

$744

$219 physician + $525 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.