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Heat Treatment of Nerve Inside Spine Bones

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 64628

Treats long-standing low back pain coming from the vertebral bone itself by threading a probe through a small puncture into the bone and heating the nerve inside it so it stops sending pain signals. Imaging guidance used to reach the bone is part of the service, and this covers the first two bones treated. It is done through the skin without an open incision.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Heat Treatment of Nerve Inside Spine Bones cost?

$3,467

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,349 to $7,079.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $891 to $18,197
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467

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
$851.14
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$28,183.83
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$15,135.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$19,498.45

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 77.6 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

Louisiana· 33rd of 49

$3,467

IN $33,113WV $427

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.