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Destruction Of A Peripheral Nerve For Pain Relief

Colorado 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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 7 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$209$145 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$437 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $209 to $6,607Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $117 to $457
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $209

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
$245.47
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$446.68
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$812.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$588.84
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$457.09

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 23rd of 51

$245

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.