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Nerve Destruction for Facial Pain

Utah 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?

$3,939

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,939 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$776$513 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,000 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $479 to $6,026Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $115 to $1,072
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $776

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
$478.63
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,888.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,659.59
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$933.25
7 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
$239.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$630.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,709.64

Where Utah 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

Utah· 5th of 51

$3,939

$776 physician + $3,162 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.