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Chemodenervation Injections For Chronic Migraine

South Carolina 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $479 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$162$141 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$141 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $87 to $1,660Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $112 to $263
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $479professional $162

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
$141.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$234.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$194.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$204.17
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$245.47
7 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
$69.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$134.90

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 33rd of 51

$170

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.