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Radiofrequency Nerve Treatment For Lower Back Joint Pain

California rates for HCPCS 64625

This is a pain-management procedure that uses heat generated by an electrical current to disable the small nerves that carry pain signals from the joint connecting the base of the spine to the pelvis. Imaging such as x-ray or CT is used during the procedure to precisely guide a needle-like probe to the correct nerves before applying the heat. It is typically used for pain coming from this joint after other treatments, like an injection, have shown temporary relief.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Radiofrequency Nerve Treatment For Lower Back Joint Pain cost?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $6,166 from a hospital or other facility.

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 12 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$479$224 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,166$3,981 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $398 to $14,125Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $195 to $2,692
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,166professional $479

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
$549.54
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$17,782.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,949.84
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,772.37
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$851.14
Central California Alliance for Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$912.01
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,000.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$645.65
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$15,848.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$912.01
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,174.90
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where California sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

California· 22nd of 51

$537

AK $955KY $245

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.