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Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve

Minnesota 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?

$711

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $711 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $380 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$331$257 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$380$214 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,380Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $174 to $661
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $380professional $331

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
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$724.44
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$660.69
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.78

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 39th of 51

$711

$331 physician + $380 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.