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

Colorado 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?

$4,728

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,728 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$363$263 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$1,698 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $933 to $8,511Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $209 to $692
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $363

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
$295.12
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$776.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25
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
$93.33
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$302.00

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$4,728

$363 physician + $4,365 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.