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Destroying a Facial Pain Nerve at the Skull Base

Nebraska 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?

$3,548

Typical facility fee. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,548 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,549 to $7,943.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $724 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,138
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $1,514

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
$2,187.76
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,884.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 9th of 50

$3,548

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.