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Destroying a Facial Pain Nerve at the Skull Base

Maine 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?

$2,457

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,457 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$759$550 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,288 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $537 to $2,570Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,202
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,698professional $759

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,548.82
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,230.27
13 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
$275.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,380.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$676.08
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$134.90
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$91.20
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$630.96

Where Maine 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

Maine· 25th of 51

$2,457

$759 physician + $1,698 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.