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Destroying a Facial Pain Nerve at the Skull Base

Rhode Island 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?

$2,381

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,381 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$589 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$1,148 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $794 to $5,888Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,380
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
3 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
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$616.60

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 31st of 51

$2,381

$832 physician + $1,549 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.