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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 October 2026.

How much does Destroying a Facial Pain Nerve at the Skull Base cost?

$2,576

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,576 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,096$832 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$1,230 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,012Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,820
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $1,096

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
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,905.46
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,137.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$7,244.36
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,621.81
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,548.82
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,454.71
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,905.46
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$7,762.47
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74
13 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
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$218.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$812.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$162.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$109.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$758.58
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$11,481.54

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 20th of 51

$2,576

$1,096 physician + $1,479 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.