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Destruction Of A Peripheral Nerve For Pain Relief

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 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 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$200$132 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$676 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $339 to $3,467Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $112 to $389
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $200

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
$354.81
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$389.05
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$407.38

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 9th 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.