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Heat Treatment of Nerve Inside Spine Bones

South Dakota 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?

$4,127

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,127 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$676 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$589 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $575 to $13,490Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,259
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,236professional $891

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$14,791.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,090.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$15,848.93
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,258.93
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 42nd of 51

$4,127

$891 physician + $3,236 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.