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Nerve Freezing Treatment In The Arm

North Carolina 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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$331$229 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$1,585 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $646 to $10,000Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $195 to $525
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,570professional $331

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
$194.98
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$588.84
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$21.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$104.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$74.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$74.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$74.13

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 23rd of 51

$380

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.