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Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve

South 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?

$606

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $606 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $251 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$355$282 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$251$151 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $126 to $1,259Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $186 to $490
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $251professional $355

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
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$407.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,258.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$398.11
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$489.78
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$354.81

Where South 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

South Dakota· 44th of 51

$606

$355 physician + $251 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.