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Repair of the facial nerve outside the skull

CPT 64864the billing code this page is about

Surgical stitching of the damaged facial nerve along the portion that lies outside the skull, in the face.

Hospitals typically charge $3,986 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 322 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,429. Most fall between $1,414 and $9,562 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
322
States
41
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 322 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,040$1,580$3,986$7,578$12,533

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,040 vs $12,533).

How the prices are spread

$845 – $1,112: 35 hospitals$845$1,112 – $1,463: 20 hospitals$1,463 – $1,925: 25 hospitals$1,463$1,925 – $2,533: 29 hospitals$2,533 – $3,333: 21 hospitals$2,533$3,333 – $4,385: 30 hospitals$4,385 – $5,769: 13 hospitals$4,385$5,769 – $7,589: 56 hospitals$7,589 – $9,985: 17 hospitals$7,589$9,985 – $13,137: 47 hospitals$9,985median $3,986price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (293 of 322 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$845$1,11235
$1,112$1,46320
$1,463$1,92525
$1,925$2,53329
$2,533$3,33321
$3,333$4,38530
$4,385$5,76913
$5,769$7,58956
$7,589$9,98517
$9,985$13,13747

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$8,966
Median cash price$3,986
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.44×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,986.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,495 across 14 hospitalsIL$1,495Wisconsin: median $4,280 across 10 hospitalsWI$4,280Michigan: median $1,040 across 23 hospitalsMI$1,040New York: median $7,578 across 22 hospitalsNY$7,578Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,580 across 10 hospitalsOR$1,580Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $2,142 across 16 hospitalsIA$2,142Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $3,835 across 13 hospitalsOH$3,835Pennsylvania: median $7,509 across 19 hospitalsPA$7,509New Jersey: median $6,839 across 24 hospitalsNJ$6,839Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $12,533 across 35 hospitalsCA$12,533Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,414 across 12 hospitalsOK$1,414Louisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $6,556 across 18 hospitalsTX$6,556Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,986. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA35$12,533+214%$4,122 – $12,533
New York NY22$7,578+90%$3,248 – $8,966
Pennsylvania PA19$7,509+88%$532 – $12,067
New Jersey NJ24$6,839+72%$4,881 – $7,542
Texas TX18$6,556+64%$6,556 – $6,556
Wisconsin WI10$4,280+7%$4,280 – $4,280
Ohio OH13$3,835−4%$1,834 – $3,879
Iowa IA16$2,142−46%$2,142 – $3,372
Oregon OR10$1,580−60%$1,580 – $2,859
Illinois IL14$1,495−62%$1,088 – $9,562
Oklahoma OK12$1,414−65%$1,414 – $1,414
Michigan MI23$1,040−74%$1,040 – $2,002
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $3,986.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care277$4,280$1,414 – $9,944
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access35$2,859$1,088 – $7,939
Ownership
For-profit29$4,122$1,088 – $11,775
Government42$3,372$1,804 – $8,568
Non-profit250$3,879$1,414 – $9,562
System affiliation
Part of a system268$4,280$1,414 – $9,562
Independent54$2,523$1,534 – $10,769

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,602
Median cash price$3,986
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

195 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,248 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,159; most fall between $1,414 and $9,650.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 195 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$939$1,442$3,248$8,536$12,533

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($939 vs $12,533).

Of the 209 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 195 gave a usable cash price; 13 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 1 a list price only.

How complete is this

322 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 359 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted322
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here27
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded9
Hospitals that filed this code359

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic nervous system procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Suture Facial Nerve Extracranial.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Repair of the facial nerve outside the skull (CPT 64864) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-64864-repair-of-the-facial-nerve-outside-the-skull