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Nerve Destruction for Facial Pain

Georgia 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?

$3,637

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,637 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$407 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,259 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $676 to $7,079Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,122
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $3,020professional $617

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
$616.60
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Georgia 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 feeGeorgia $3,637 · 16th 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.