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Targeted Destruction Of A Facial Nerve Center

Washington rates for HCPCS 61790

Uses imaging guidance to pass a needle through the cheek to a nerve center deep at the base of the skull that carries sensation from the face, then destroys part of it with heat, chemical, or electrical energy. Interrupting the nerve signal relieves severe, shock-like facial pain that has not responded to medicine. No open incision is made.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Targeted Destruction Of A Facial Nerve Center cost?

$2,239

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,698 to $7,762.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $13,183
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,239

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
$1,096.48
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$18,620.87
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,888.44
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,819.70
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,230.27
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$11,220.18

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 9.5 times more in Nebraska than in West Virginia. 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.

Washington· 37th of 50

$2,239

NE $7,943WV $832

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.