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

Hawaii 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?

$3,120

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,120 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$275 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$2,042 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $955 to $2,884Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $204 to $589
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $2,570professional $550

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$588.84

Where Hawaii 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

Hawaii· 10th of 51

$3,120

$550 physician + $2,570 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.