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Nerve Destruction for Facial Pain

Michigan 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?

$2,125

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,125 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$646$437 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$1,230 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $813 to $3,090Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $389 to $977
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $646

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
$562.34
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,348.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$954.99
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$831.76
12 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
$281.84
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$812.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$416.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$125.89
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$85.11
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 32nd of 51

$2,125

$646 physician + $1,479 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.