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Cutting The Sympathetic Nerve Chain

Illinois 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?

$1,202

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,202 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,202 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,202$933 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$708 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $513 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $832 to $2,188
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,585professional $1,202

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
$933.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$30,199.52
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,890.45
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,238.72
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
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 32nd of 51

$1,202

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.