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Heat Treatment Of A Nerve Inside Another Vertebra

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 64629

Passes a probe through the skin into a further spinal bone and uses heat to destroy a small nerve running inside it that carries pain signals from the damaged bone. Interrupting that nerve can ease long-standing back pain coming from the vertebra itself rather than from a disc or joint. It is billed in addition to the main procedure when more than one spinal bone is treated.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Heat Treatment Of A Nerve Inside Another Vertebra cost?

$331

Typical facility fee. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $295 to $417.

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 $339 · 10th to 90th $229 to $4,365Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $240 to $479
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $339professional $331

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$436.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 46.8 times more in New Hampshire than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

South Dakota $331 · 44th of 49
NH $8,913MD $191

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.