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Sympathetic Nerve Stripping Around a Forearm Artery

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 64822

A microsurgical procedure that strips away sympathetic nerve fibers surrounding one of the two main arteries that supply blood to the hand, at the level of the wrist or forearm. Removing these nerve fibers helps reduce excessive artery spasm and improve blood flow to the hand and fingers. It is generally reserved for severe cases of conditions like Raynaud's phenomenon that haven't improved with other treatment.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Sympathetic Nerve Stripping Around a Forearm Artery cost?

$2,972

Typical total for the visit. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,972 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$977$813 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,622 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $7,244Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $977

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
$575.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
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
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$776.25

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Wisconsin 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Louisiana· 34th of 51

$2,972

$977 physician + $1,995 facility

WI $7,667KY $1,824

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.