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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 October 2026.

How much does Nerve Ablation For A Neck Or Upper Back Joint, One Level cost?

$1,880

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,880 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$363 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$1,072 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $537 to $4,467Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,072
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $468

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
$501.19
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$4,073.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,071.52
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$812.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$758.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,122.02
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$758.58
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$812.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,309.57
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,047.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
14 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
$141.25
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$537.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$218.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$162.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$107.15
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$107.15

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 28th of 51

$1,880

$468 physician + $1,413 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.