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Cutting The Sympathetic Nerve Chain

Michigan 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?

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,202 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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$955 to $1,698
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$1,047 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $501 to $5,370Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $776 to $2,512
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $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
$1,445.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,348.96
12 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
$724.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 27th of 51

$1,288

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.