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Nerve Destruction for Facial Pain

Iowa 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?

$2,738

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,738 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$1,000$741 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$1,288 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $832 to $5,888Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $589 to $2,570
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $1,000

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
$602.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$6,606.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,862.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,479.11
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
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
$295.12
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$851.14

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 13th of 51

$2,738

$1,000 physician + $1,738 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.