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Cutting The Sympathetic Nerve Chain

Arizona rates for HCPCS 64809

Surgery that divides or removes part of the sympathetic nerve chain, a string of nerve bundles running alongside the spine that automatically tightens blood vessels and drives sweating. Interrupting it is done for severe circulation problems, long-standing nerve pain, or excessive sweating.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cutting The Sympathetic Nerve Chain cost?

$1,096

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,023 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,023$912 to $1,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$955 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $174 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $741 to $9,333
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $1,023

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,548.82
6 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
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 21.9 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Arizona· 40th of 51

$1,096

AK $4,467TX $204

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.