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Nerve Destruction for Facial Pain

Illinois 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?

$2,072

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,072 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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$692$513 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$813 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $631 to $5,623Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,862
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $692

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
$537.03
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,479.11
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,754.23
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,258.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Illinois· 39th of 50

$2,072

$692 physician + $1,380 facility

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.