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Chemodenervation Injections For Chronic Migraine

Iowa rates for HCPCS 64615

An injectable muscle-relaxing medication is given as a series of small injections across muscles of the head and neck on both sides, a treatment protocol used for people with chronic migraine. It is typically repeated roughly every three months.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Chemodenervation Injections For Chronic Migraine cost?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $407 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$275$219 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$166 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $126 to $2,291Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $158 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $407professional $275

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
$165.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$346.74
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,096.48
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$346.74
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$165.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$371.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$371.54
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
$56.23
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$144.54

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$275

AK $501FL $129

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.