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Cutting The Sympathetic Nerve Chain

Mississippi 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?

$1,230

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,349 from a physician practice, and about $891 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$1,349$1,000 to $1,660
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$562 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,630Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $708 to $3,162
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $891professional $1,349

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
$758.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,778.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
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
$501.19
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 31st of 51

$1,230

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.