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

Connecticut 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?

$4,132

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,132 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$417$295 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,042 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $891 to $8,511Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $251 to $871
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $417

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
$3,311.31
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,128.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$831.76
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,202.26
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
$181.97
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 2nd of 51

$4,132

$417 physician + $3,715 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.