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Nerve Destruction for Facial Pain

South Carolina 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?

$3,216

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,216 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$525$398 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$759 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $407 to $12,882Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $331 to $891
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,692professional $525

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
$407.38
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 21st of 50

$3,216

$525 physician + $2,692 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.