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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 July 2026.

How much does Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve cost?

$604

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $604 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $302 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$302$174 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$302$269 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $214 to $4,365Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $148 to $513
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $302professional $302

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$398.11
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$489.78
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$354.81

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 44th of 49

$604

$302 physician + $302 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.