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Cutting Of The Facial Nerve

Alaska rates for HCPCS 64742

Divides or removes a length of the facial nerve, the nerve that carries signals to the muscles of the face. Interrupting the nerve stops the signals traveling along it. It is done through an incision that gives the surgeon access to the nerve.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cutting Of The Facial Nerve cost?

$4,450

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,450 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,995$1,318 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$2,089 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $490 to $2,344
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $1,995

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,621.81
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,388.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,511.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,235.94
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,413.10
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Oklahoma than in Montana. 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

Alaska· 5th of 51

$4,450

$1,995 physician + $2,455 facility

OK $5,349MT $1,518

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.