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

Arkansas 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?

$1,657

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,657 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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$427$282 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$912 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $794 to $2,512Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $219 to $661
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,230professional $427

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$512.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$645.65
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$891.25
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$758.58
8 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
$138.04
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$346.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 38th of 51

$1,657

$427 physician + $1,230 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.