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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 July 2026.

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

$4,408

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,408 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$234 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$1,096 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $339 to $8,128Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $186 to $912
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $427

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$776.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,818.38
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,000.00
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$812.83

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Indiana 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· 7th of 51

$4,408

$427 physician + $3,981 facility

IN $5,410MT $1,125

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.