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Nerve Destruction for Facial Pain

Arizona 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?

$2,001

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,001 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$372 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$851 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $490 to $5,129Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $309 to $3,631
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $589

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33
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
$186.21
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$537.03

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 38th of 51

$2,001

$589 physician + $1,413 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.