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Destruction Of A Peripheral Nerve For Pain Relief

Alabama 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 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 4 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$191$141 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$479 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $204 to $2,455Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $107 to $380
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,259professional $191

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
$190.55
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$407.38

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 48th of 51

$204

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.