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Destruction Of A Peripheral Nerve For Pain Relief

Illinois 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$219$151 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$407 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $170 to $5,129Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $115 to $562
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $219

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
$169.82
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$9,772.37
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$426.58
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$812.83
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$331.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$478.63

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 32nd of 51

$234

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.