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Freezing Treatment Of A Nerve Bundle Or Trunk Nerve

Iowa rates for HCPCS 0442T

Destroys a nerve bundle or a nerve of the trunk by freezing it through the skin. A probe is placed through a small puncture and cold is applied to the nerve. Imaging guidance is included.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Freezing Treatment Of A Nerve Bundle Or Trunk Nerve cost?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $5,012 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$174$151 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,012$3,090 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $372 to $13,490Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $71 to $447
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $174

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
$812.83
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$19,054.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$1,348.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$549.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$22,908.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$223.87

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 22.4 times more in California than in New Mexico. 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.

Iowa· 31st of 51

$263

CA $3,802NM $170

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.