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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 October 2026.

How much does Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve cost?

$2,201

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,201 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$251$195 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$550 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $178 to $6,918Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,096
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $251

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$380.19
5 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
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$18.20

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 7th of 51

$2,201

$251 physician + $1,950 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.