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Cutting of the Greater Occipital Nerve

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 64744

This procedure cuts or removes a segment of the greater occipital nerve, which runs from the back of the skull up into the scalp, to relieve chronic pain in that area when other treatments have not worked. It is used for persistent occipital neuralgia, a condition causing sharp or throbbing pain at the base of the skull and scalp. Because the nerve is cut, the area it serves may become permanently numb.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cutting of the Greater Occipital Nerve cost?

$3,510

Typical total for the visit. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,510 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$550 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,778 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $692 to $5,623Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,698
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,818professional $692

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
$1,513.56
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,348.96
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$28,840.32
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$933.25
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,548.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$28,840.32
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeMassachusetts $3,510 · 26th of 50
IN $7,274MD $861

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.