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Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve

South 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?

$1,003

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,003 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $209 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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$209$162 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$525 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $209 to $7,586Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $141 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $209

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
$208.93
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$346.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$398.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$309.03
6 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
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$199.53

Where South 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

South Carolina· 21st of 51

$1,003

$209 physician + $794 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.