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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 July 2026.

How much does Nerve Freezing Treatment In The Arm cost?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $3,981 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 5 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$240$195 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,981$309 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $195 to $10,715Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $191 to $490
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,981professional $240

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
$194.98
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$8,317.64
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 20.4 times more in Colorado than in South Carolina. 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· 34th of 51

$275

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.