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

Georgia 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?

$1,639

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,639 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$380$263 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$832 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $513 to $5,012Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $219 to $759
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $380

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
$251.19
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$831.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$812.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,677.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$446.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$691.83
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,174.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,467.37
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$977.24
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
$114.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$323.59

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 40th of 51

$1,639

$380 physician + $1,259 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.