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Genicular Nerve Ablation for Knee Pain

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 64624

This procedure destroys small sensory nerves around the knee, called genicular nerves, using a heat-based or chemical technique, to reduce chronic knee pain. Imaging guidance is used, when needed, to precisely locate the nerves before treatment. It is often considered for people with ongoing knee pain, such as from arthritis, who have had good relief from a prior diagnostic nerve block.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Genicular Nerve Ablation for Knee Pain cost?

$1,453

Typical total for the visit. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,453 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$331$209 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$1,072 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $891 to $3,981Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $166 to $603
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $331

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$602.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$602.56
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$630.96

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Colorado than in North Dakota. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Louisiana· 42nd of 51

$1,453

$331 physician + $1,122 facility

CO $4,616ND $834

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.