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Destroying a Facial Pain Nerve at the Skull Base

Idaho 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?

$1,413

Typical facility fee. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,413 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $891 to $3,715.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $617 to $6,310
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413

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
$1,348.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,309.57
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,302.69

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 35th of 50

$1,413

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.