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Destroying a Facial Pain Nerve at the Skull Base

Virginia 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?

$3,146

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,146 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$575$501 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$955 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $550 to $9,550Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $575

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
$812.83
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$977.24
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,096.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$851.14
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
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
$251.19
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$602.56

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 12th of 51

$3,146

$575 physician + $2,570 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.