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Heat Treatment of Nerve Inside Spine Bones

Montana 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 October 2026.

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

$1,291

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,291 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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$646$479 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$617 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $617 to $15,849Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $380 to $794
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $646professional $646

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18,620.87
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$18,620.87
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$30,902.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$724.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$660.69
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$30,902.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$870.96

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 17.5 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$1,291

$646 physician + $646 facility

AK $22,553MT $1,291

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.