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Sympathetic Nerve Surgery, Neck And Upper Chest

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 64804

Cuts out a segment of the sympathetic chain, a string of nerve bundles running alongside the spine that controls sweating and the narrowing of blood vessels. This version removes a longer stretch, taking in both the part of the chain lying in the neck and the part at the top of the chest.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Sympathetic Nerve Surgery, Neck And Upper Chest cost?

$1,778

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,413 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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$1,413$1,122 to $1,862
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$1,698 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $891 to $4,786Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,344
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,692professional $1,413

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
$933.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,041.74
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.8 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· 12th of 51

$1,778

CA $4,074KY $1,072

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.