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Nerve Destruction for Facial Pain

Florida 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?

$5,311

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,311 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$355 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$1,698 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $661 to $10,965Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $309 to $933
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,786professional $525

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
$602.56
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$891.25
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,230.27
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,481.54
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,071.52
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeFlorida $5,311 · 4th of 50
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.