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Destroying a Facial Pain Nerve at the Skull Base

Oregon 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?

$1,380

Typical facility fee. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $955 to $1,622.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $661 to $5,129Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $832 to $2,042
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $1,318

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
$1,202.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,659.59
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,513.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,659.59
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$12,022.64

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 36th of 50

$1,380

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.