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Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve

Utah 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?

$3,083

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,083 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $132 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$132$112 to $229
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$263 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $263 to $4,571Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $100 to $295
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,951professional $132

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
$263.03
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$275.42
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$134.90
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$331.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$316.23
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
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30

Where Utah 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

Utah· 3rd of 51

$3,083

$132 physician + $2,951 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.