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

Delaware 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?

$1,643

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,643 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$355$234 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$977 to $1,549

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $575 to $2,570Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $182 to $562
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $355

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$562.34
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,698.24
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$602.56
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
$91.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$309.03

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 39th of 51

$1,643

$355 physician + $1,288 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.