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Destroying a Facial Pain Nerve at the Skull Base

Colorado 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?

$5,106

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,106 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$741$589 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$1,995 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $8,511Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,259
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $741

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
$954.99
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,230.27
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,148.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,862.09
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,445.44
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
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$524.81

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$5,106

$741 physician + $4,365 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.