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Nerve Destruction for Facial Pain

Missouri 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?

$2,395

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,395 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$575$417 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,047 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $562 to $5,623Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $363 to $3,631
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $575

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
$660.69
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
6 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
$147.91
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$602.56

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 22nd of 51

$2,395

$575 physician + $1,820 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.