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Destruction Of A Peripheral Nerve For Pain Relief

Georgia 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?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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$240$151 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$1,259 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $347 to $7,079Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $115 to $525
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $240

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
$263.03
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,258.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$512.86
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$831.76
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$467.74

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 8th of 51

$275

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.