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Surgery On Facial Pain Nerve At Skull Base

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 61450

An operation for severe facial pain, usually trigeminal neuralgia, in which brief shocks of pain shoot through one side of the face. Through an opening in the skull near the temple, the surgeon reaches the nerve bundle carrying sensation from the face and cuts it, decompresses it, or presses on it to interrupt the pain signals. It is considered when medicines no longer control the attacks.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgery On Facial Pain Nerve At Skull Base cost?

$4,571

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,571 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,365 from a physician practice, and about $7,244 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$4,365$3,388 to $5,888
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,244$4,898 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $14,791Professionalmedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $7,244
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,244professional $4,365

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
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$23,988.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$17,378.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$13,489.63
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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· 6th of 51

$4,571

CA $9,120KY $1,862

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.