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Nerve Destruction for Facial Pain

New Mexico 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?

$2,551

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,551 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$646$479 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$1,202 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $832 to $9,120Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,122
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,905professional $646

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
$338.84
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,071.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,258.93
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,584.89
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
$169.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$602.56

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 17th of 51

$2,551

$646 physician + $1,905 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.