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Destruction Of A Peripheral Nerve For Pain Relief

Utah 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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$245$182 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$1,622 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $309 to $4,571Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $135 to $724
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,754professional $245

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
$309.03
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$416.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$269.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,691.53
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,981.07
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$489.78
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$416.87
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$338.84

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 20th of 51

$251

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.