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Facial Nerve Release Through The Skull Bone

New Hampshire 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 July 2026.

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

$3,020

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,020 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,951 from a physician practice, and about $6,918 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,951$1,995 to $3,631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,918$5,495 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $15,849Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $4,898
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $2,951

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,848.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,137.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,248.07
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,606.93

Where New Hampshire sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

New Hampshire· 16th of 51

$3,020

CA $7,943WV $1,905

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.