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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 July 2026.

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

$2,089

Typical facility fee. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,148 to $2,818.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $724 to $4,467
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089

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
$398.11
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,466.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 25th of 50

$2,089

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.