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Nerve Pedicle Transfer, First Stage

Iowa rates for HCPCS 64905

Redirects a healthy working nerve so it can take over the job of a nerve that has been damaged, moving it while it stays connected to its own blood supply. This is the first of two operations: the nerve is freed and positioned now, and the final connection is made at a later operation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Nerve Pedicle Transfer, First Stage cost?

$6,476

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,476 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,905 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,905$1,413 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$2,455 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $2,884
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $1,905

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
$1,412.54
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,754.23
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$15,488.17
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,413.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,754.23
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,128.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$22,908.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,818.38
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,089.30
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
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. 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

Iowa· 12th of 51

$6,476

$1,905 physician + $4,571 facility

AK $10,992HI $2,489

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.