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Destroying a Facial Pain Nerve at the Skull Base

Kansas 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?

$2,200

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,200 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$912$617 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$1,096 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $794 to $5,754Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $562 to $3,467
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $912

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
$1,202.26
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
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
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$831.76

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 36th of 51

$2,200

$912 physician + $1,288 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.