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Nerve Destruction for Facial Pain

Minnesota 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?

$4,297

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,297 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$1,413$871 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,862 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $646 to $7,244Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $589 to $3,162
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $1,413

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
$338.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,912.51
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,630.78
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,760.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 12th of 50

$4,297

$1,413 physician + $2,884 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.