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Cutting the Nerve to the Lower Teeth

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 64738

Cuts or removes a portion of the nerve that carries feeling from the lower teeth, lip, and chin. Because that nerve runs through a canal inside the jawbone, the surgeon must open the bone to reach it. It is done to relieve severe, persistent facial pain that has not responded to other treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cutting the Nerve to the Lower Teeth cost?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $741 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$490$407 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$575 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $457 to $5,012Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,445
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $741professional $490

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
$645.65
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,513.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$645.65
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 9.1 times more in California than in Delaware. 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· 48th of 51

$490

CA $3,981DE $437

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.