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Nerve Destruction for Facial Pain

Mississippi 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?

$1,742

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,742 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$646$407 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$776 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $457 to $3,981Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,995
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,096professional $646

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
$389.05
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,148.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 45th of 50

$1,742

$646 physician + $1,096 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.