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Nerve Destruction for Facial Pain

Louisiana 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?

$2,211

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,211 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$457 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$933 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $525 to $3,890Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,175
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,622professional $589

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
$512.86
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,412.54
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Louisiana 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 feeLouisiana $2,211 · 36th 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.