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Nerve Destruction for Facial Pain

Alabama rates for HCPCS 64605

Treatment for severe facial nerve pain. A needle is passed to the point at the base of the skull where the branches of the main facial sensation nerve pass through an opening in the bone, and a substance is injected that destroys the pain-carrying fibers so the attacks stop.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nerve Destruction for Facial Pain cost?

$2,409

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,409 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$631$355 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,148 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $692 to $3,548Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $631

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Indiana 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alabama· 30th of 50

$2,409

$631 physician + $1,778 facility

IN $6,799WV $1,112

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.