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Nerve Freezing Treatment In The Arm

Iowa rates for HCPCS 0440T

Destroys a nerve in the arm by freezing it through the skin. A probe is placed through a small puncture, guided by imaging, and cold is applied to the nerve. A branch nerve or one farther out along the limb is targeted.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nerve Freezing Treatment In The Arm cost?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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 6 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$195$186 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$2,291 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $372 to $7,943Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $186 to $398
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,802professional $195

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
$602.56
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$316.23
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,513.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$512.86
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$489.78

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 20.4 times more in Colorado than in South Carolina. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Iowa $316 · 25th of 51
CO $3,981SC $195

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.