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Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve

North Carolina 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?

$913

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $913 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $550 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$363$229 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$550$178 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $107 to $1,778Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $191 to $525
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $550professional $363

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
$177.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$316.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$457.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$436.52
7 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
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$20.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$478.63
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$213.80

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 27th of 51

$913

$363 physician + $550 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.