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Facial Nerve Release Through The Skull Bone

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 69725

Surgery that opens the bony canal running through the bone behind the ear to take the pressure off the facial nerve, which controls the muscles of one side of the face. Bone is removed along the nerve's course, including the deeper portion beyond the bend where it changes direction. It is done when swelling or injury inside the canal is squeezing the nerve and causing facial weakness.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Facial Nerve Release Through The Skull Bone cost?

$3,388

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,388 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,548 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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$3,548$2,884 to $3,981
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$1,862 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $4,571Professionalmedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $4,365
$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $3,548

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,981.07
2 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
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 6.9 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.

North Dakota· 10th of 51

$3,388

AK $7,586TX $1,096

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.