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Nerve Freezing Treatment In The Arm

Illinois 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 October 2026.

How much does Nerve Freezing Treatment In The Arm cost?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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$263$191 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$2,188 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $6,607Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $129 to $447
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $263

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,311.31
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$457.09
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$467.74
5 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$21.38

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 19.5 times more in Texas than in New York. 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.

Illinois· 22nd of 51

$389

TX $1,778NY $91.20

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.