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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 July 2026.

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

$5,243

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,243 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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$457$275 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$3,715 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $10,000Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,096
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $457

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
$3,235.94
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,022.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,000.00
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$933.25
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 3rd of 51

$5,243

$457 physician + $4,786 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.