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Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve

Missouri 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?

$3,386

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,386 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$178 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,660 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $427 to $7,762Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $166 to $955
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $224

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
$426.58
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$380.19

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 12th of 49

$3,386

$224 physician + $3,162 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.