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Nerve Ablation For A Neck Or Upper Back Joint, One Level

Alaska rates for HCPCS 64633

A small nerve that carries pain signals from a spinal joint in the neck or upper back is deadened using heat generated by a needle-based device, guided by real-time imaging, to relieve chronic pain from that joint. This covers treatment of one joint level.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Nerve Ablation For A Neck Or Upper Back Joint, One Level cost?

$3,231

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,231 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$832$562 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,995 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $977 to $8,913Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,995
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $832

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
$933.25
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$5,754.40
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,413.10
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Colorado 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

Alaska· 7th of 51

$3,231

$832 physician + $2,399 facility

CO $4,728MT $1,029

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.