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Destroying a Facial Pain Nerve at the Skull Base

Kentucky 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?

$1,796

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,796 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$537$389 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$708 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $468 to $3,020Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $331 to $933
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $537

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
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,162.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,047.13
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,548.82
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$4,168.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$501.19

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$1,796

$537 physician + $1,259 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.