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Destruction Of A Peripheral Nerve For Pain Relief

Arizona 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $2,138 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 5 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$224$158 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,138$1,047 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $234 to $5,623Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $117 to $479
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $224

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
$1,258.93
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$354.81

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 28th of 51

$240

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.