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Destruction Of A Peripheral Nerve For Pain Relief

Alaska rates for HCPCS 64640

A nerve outside the spine is deliberately destroyed so it can no longer carry pain signals. This may be done with a chemical agent, with heat, or with radiofrequency energy delivered through a needle placed at the nerve. It is generally reserved for ongoing pain from a specific nerve that has not settled with other treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Destruction Of A Peripheral Nerve For Pain Relief cost?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $355 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$363$209 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$251 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,549Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $129 to $1,122
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $355professional $363

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$776.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,000.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,230.27
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,071.52
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,000.00
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Minnesota than in Maine. 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$363

MN $417ME $195

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.