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Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve

Virginia 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?

$891

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $891 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $200 to the doctor who performs it, and $692 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$200$178 to $234
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$692$257 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $155 to $4,786Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $162 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $692professional $200

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
$208.93
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$239.88
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$281.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$288.40
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,454.71
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$331.13
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
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 28th of 51

$891

$200 physician + $692 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.