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Nerve Destruction for Facial Pain

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

How much does Nerve Destruction for Facial Pain cost?

$1,848

Typical total for the visit. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,848 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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$646$417 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$912 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $661 to $2,512Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $398 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $646

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Arkansas· 42nd of 51

$1,848

$646 physician + $1,202 facility

CO $4,968MT $1,567

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.