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Nerve Destruction for Facial Pain

North Dakota 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?

$1,550

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,550 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $617 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$933$631 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$617$347 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $339 to $3,020Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $347 to $2,089
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $617professional $933

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
$616.60
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where North Dakota 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 feeNorth Dakota $1,550 · 47th 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.