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Nerve Pedicle Transfer, First Stage

Kentucky 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?

$2,817

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,817 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$955$851 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,072 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $832 to $5,012Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,514
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $955

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
$831.76
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,288.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$181.97
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,248.07
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,623.41
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
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
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$741.31

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$2,817

$955 physician + $1,862 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.