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Destroying a Facial Pain Nerve at the Skull Base

Illinois 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?

$2,790

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,790 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$562 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,413 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $851 to $5,754Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,413
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $794

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
$512.86
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,445.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,949.84
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
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
$218.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$562.34

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 15th of 51

$2,790

$794 physician + $1,995 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.