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Destroying a Facial Pain Nerve at the Skull Base

Iowa 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 July 2026.

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

$2,042

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,096 to $3,802.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $851 to $6,761Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,862
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $1,148

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
$1,096.48
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,943.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,370.32
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 21.4 times more in Indiana than in Maine. 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.

Iowa· 26th of 50

$2,042

IN $6,310ME $295

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.