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

Iowa 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?

$2,151

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,151 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$603$417 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$912 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $550 to $5,754Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,148
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $603

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
$389.05
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,023.29
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,235.94
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,995.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,148.15
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,071.52
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
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
$95.50
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$426.58

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 21st of 51

$2,151

$603 physician + $1,549 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.