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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 July 2026.

How much does Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve cost?

$1,033

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,033 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $617 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$417$302 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$617$490 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,738Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $186 to $661
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $617professional $417

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
$173.78
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$676.08

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 37th of 49

$1,033

$417 physician + $617 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.