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Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve

Michigan 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?

$916

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $916 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $692 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$224$195 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$692$234 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $126 to $1,445Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $141 to $257
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $692professional $224

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$380.19
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$257.04
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$245.47
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
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 25th of 51

$916

$224 physician + $692 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.