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Destruction Of A Peripheral Nerve For Pain Relief

New Jersey 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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$219$135 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$2,818 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $457 to $10,233Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $107 to $646
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $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
$457.09
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$616.60
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$457.09
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$457.09

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 27th of 51

$240

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.