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Surgery On Facial Pain Nerve At Skull Base

North Carolina 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?

$2,399

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,399 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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$2,399$1,995 to $3,715
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,862 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $7,586Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $5,495
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $2,399

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
$1,659.59
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,265.80
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$11,748.98
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$17,378.01

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 34th of 51

$2,399

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.