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Destroying a Facial Pain Nerve at the Skull Base

Tennessee 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?

$2,418

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,418 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$589 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,096 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $794 to $4,169Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $457 to $5,370
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $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
$891.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
6 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
$218.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 27th of 51

$2,418

$759 physician + $1,660 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.