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Destruction Of A Peripheral Nerve For Pain Relief

New Mexico 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 New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $661 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$191$141 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$240 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $151 to $3,890Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $107 to $417
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $661professional $191

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
$173.78
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$501.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$208.93
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$398.11
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$426.58

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 44th 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.