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

Illinois 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?

$2,218

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,218 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$263 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,148 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $537 to $4,677Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $200 to $724
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $398

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
$213.80
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$630.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$562.34
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$724.44
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
$89.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$295.12

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 18th of 51

$2,218

$398 physician + $1,820 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.