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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 October 2026.

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

$1,961

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,961 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$525 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$708 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $501 to $8,318Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,175
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $759

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
$562.34
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
8 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
$281.84
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 45th of 51

$1,961

$759 physician + $1,202 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.