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

Washington, DC 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?

$468

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $240 to $1,514.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $191 to $7,762Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,202
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,754professional $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
$190.55
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,023.29
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$977.24

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in South Dakota than in Kentucky. 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.

Washington, DC· 17th of 51

$468

SD $871KY $363

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.