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Nerve Freezing Treatment In The Arm

Minnesota 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?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $912 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$257$234 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$912$427 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $229 to $6,026Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $209 to $631
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $912professional $257

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
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$323.59
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$954.99
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$891.25
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 40th of 51

$302

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.