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Cutting The Stomach Nerve Through The Abdomen

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 64760

The vagus nerve, which signals the stomach to produce acid, is cut or a section of it removed where it reaches the stomach, working through an incision in the abdomen. Reducing that nerve signal lowers acid production and helps stubborn ulcers heal.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cutting The Stomach Nerve Through The Abdomen cost?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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$646$525 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$891 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $741 to $4,365Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,047
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $646

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
$776.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$870.96
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 13.2 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Louisiana· 22nd of 51

$776

CA $6,607KY $501

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.