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Destruction Of A Peripheral Nerve For Pain Relief

Rhode Island 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?

$200

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $145 to $263.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $4,074Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $105 to $324
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$16,218.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$457.09

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 50th of 51

$200

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.