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Destruction Of A Peripheral Nerve For Pain Relief

Montana 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $282 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 6 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$162 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$282$204 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $186 to $457Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $126 to $437
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $282professional $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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$354.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$407.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$446.68

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 39th of 51

$219

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.