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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 October 2026.

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

$2,535

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,535 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,122$832 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$1,175 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $832 to $5,012Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,820
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $1,122

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
$1,348.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,905.46
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,412.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,621.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,041.74
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,309.57
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,819.70
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,548.13
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,445.44
14 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
$295.12
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,187.76
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$380.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$281.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$190.55
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,818.38
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$186.21

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 22nd of 51

$2,535

$1,122 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.