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Nerve Destruction for Facial Pain

Idaho 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?

$2,113

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,113 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$589 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$741 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $437 to $5,495Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,698
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,318professional $794

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,479.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,089.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,309.57
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,819.70
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,466.84
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Idaho 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 feeIdaho $2,113 · 38th 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.