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Genicular Nerve Ablation for Knee Pain

Virginia 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?

$2,932

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,932 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $178 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$178$151 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$955 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $195 to $9,550Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $135 to $537
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $178

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
$165.96
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$194.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$575.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$549.54
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$660.69

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 10th of 51

$2,932

$178 physician + $2,754 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.