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Destroying a Facial Pain Nerve at the Skull Base

South Carolina 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?

$2,754

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,754 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $912 to $7,244.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $562 to $12,882
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,754

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
$562.34
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$16,595.87

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 17th of 50

$2,754

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.