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Destruction Of A Peripheral Nerve For Pain Relief

South Carolina 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $525 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 7 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$123 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$251 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $138 to $9,120Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $107 to $339
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $525professional $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
$138.04
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,951.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$407.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$446.68
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$371.54

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 42nd of 51

$214

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.