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

Idaho 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?

$1,745

Typical total for the visit. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,745 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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$427$275 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$562 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $363 to $5,495Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $214 to $871
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,318professional $427

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
$537.03
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$707.95
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,096.48
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,309.57
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$9,549.93
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$891.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,862.09
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Indiana 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

Idaho· 42nd of 51

$1,745

$427 physician + $1,318 facility

IN $5,410MT $1,125

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.