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Destroying a Facial Pain Nerve at the Skull Base

Missouri 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?

$2,651

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,651 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$832$562 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,047 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $603 to $5,623Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $490 to $3,467
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $832

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
$794.33
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38
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
$199.53
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$562.34

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 18th of 51

$2,651

$832 physician + $1,820 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.