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Surgery On Facial Pain Nerve At Skull Base

Wyoming 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?

$6,310

Typical physician fee. In Wyoming, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,310 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,890 to $7,586.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $3,236Professionalmedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $3,802 to $7,586
$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $6,310

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 3rd of 51

$6,310

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.