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Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve

North Dakota 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?

$506

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $506 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $182 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$324$257 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$182$178 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $135 to $316Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $182 to $398
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $182professional $324

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$177.83
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$363.08

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 48th of 51

$506

$324 physician + $182 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.