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

Indiana 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?

$3,227

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,227 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$275$234 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,202 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $575 to $8,318Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $182 to $589
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $275

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
$181.97
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$426.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$549.54
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,905.46
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$794.33
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,090.30
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$660.69
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
$67.61
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
$33.88
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 Indiana 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

Indiana· 8th of 51

$3,227

$275 physician + $2,951 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.