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Nerve Destruction for Facial Pain

Oklahoma 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?

$1,983

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,983 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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$603$513 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$759 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $479 to $6,026Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $331 to $6,607
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $603

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
$630.96
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$741.31
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
$154.88
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$398.11

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 39th of 51

$1,983

$603 physician + $1,380 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.