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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 July 2026.

How much does Nerve Destruction for Facial Pain cost?

$3,157

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,157 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$759$490 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,122 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $708 to $6,761Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $339 to $2,455
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,399professional $759

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
$912.01
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,570.40
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,630.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,621.81
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Iowa 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 feeIowa $3,157 · 23rd 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.