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Destroying a Facial Pain Nerve at the Skull Base

Arizona rates for HCPCS 64610

A needle is guided through the cheek to the small opening at the base of the skull where branches of the main facial sensation nerve pass, with x-ray imaging used to confirm the position. The nerve branches are then destroyed to stop severe, electric-shock-like facial pain. It is used when medicines no longer control the pain.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Destroying a Facial Pain Nerve at the Skull Base cost?

$2,073

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,073 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$661$479 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$851 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $501 to $5,129Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $417 to $3,467
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $661

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$933.25
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
$208.93
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$467.74

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Colorado than in Maryland. 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

Arizona· 39th of 51

$2,073

$661 physician + $1,413 facility

CO $5,106MD $1,697

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.