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Cutting the Nerve to the Lower Teeth

Michigan rates for HCPCS 64738

Cuts or removes a portion of the nerve that carries feeling from the lower teeth, lip, and chin. Because that nerve runs through a canal inside the jawbone, the surgeon must open the bone to reach it. It is done to relieve severe, persistent facial pain that has not responded to other treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cutting the Nerve to the Lower Teeth cost?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$537$437 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$2,884 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $646 to $5,129Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $398 to $708
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $537

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$724.44

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 9.1 times more in California 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.

Michigan· 39th of 51

$575

CA $3,981DE $437

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.