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Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve

Ohio 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?

$1,029

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,029 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $178 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$178$145 to $229
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$347 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $126 to $10,233Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $129 to $295
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $851professional $178

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$16,595.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$213.80
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$331.13
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
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$83.18

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 20th of 51

$1,029

$178 physician + $851 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.