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Radiofrequency Nerve Treatment For Lower Back Joint Pain

Iowa 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 July 2026.

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

$1,023

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,023 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $676 from a physician practice, and about $4,786 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 7 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$676$437 to $1,148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,786$1,479 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $513 to $7,943Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $219 to $2,754
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $676

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
$676.08
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,513.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,174.90
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in California 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.

Iowa· 3rd of 51

$1,023

CA $1,585KY $282

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.