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Destroying a Facial Pain Nerve at the Skull Base

Minnesota 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?

$2,986

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,986 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 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$1,288$871 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$741 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $447 to $4,898Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $646 to $2,570
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $1,288

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
$446.68
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$12,882.50
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,630.27
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,019.95
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$74.13

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 14th of 51

$2,986

$1,288 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.