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Destruction Of A Peripheral Nerve For Pain Relief

Michigan 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $1,175 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$195$148 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,175$324 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $158 to $4,898Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $107 to $389
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $195

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
$158.49
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$407.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$316.23

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 45th of 51

$209

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.