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Destroying a Facial Pain Nerve at the Skull Base

North Dakota 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?

$1,961

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,961 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,202$891 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$468 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $468 to $2,570Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,995
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $759professional $1,202

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
$467.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
8 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
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$75.86

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 44th of 51

$1,961

$1,202 physician + $759 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.