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Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve

Tennessee 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?

$581

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $581 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $347 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$234$186 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$347$129 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $100 to $2,291Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $166 to $1,660
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $347professional $234

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
$891.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$309.03
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$371.54
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
$83.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$23.44

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 45th of 51

$581

$234 physician + $347 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.