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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 July 2026.

How much does Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve cost?

$4,373

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,373 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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$204$170 to $224
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$372 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $209 to $11,220Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $155 to $339
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,169professional $204

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,128.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$457.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$316.23

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 14.6 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. 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· 4th of 49

$4,373

$204 physician + $4,169 facility

NJ $5,093WV $348

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.