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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 October 2026.

How much does Nerve Destruction for Facial Pain cost?

$1,688

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,688 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 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$1,072$759 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$617$347 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $347 to $2,570Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $617 to $2,570
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $617professional $1,072

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
$346.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$72.44

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 48th of 51

$1,688

$1,072 physician + $617 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.