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Facial Nerve Release Through The Skull Bone

Tennessee 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?

$2,399

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,291 from a physician practice, and about $4,074 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$2,291$1,778 to $2,754
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,074$2,630 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $9,120Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $4,786
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $2,291

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
$1,318.26
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,548.13
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,791.08
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 35th of 51

$2,399

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.