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

Maryland 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?

$380

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $200 to $479.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $525 to $2,291Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $178 to $589
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,122professional $309

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$467.74
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$616.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$741.31
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58
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
$91.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$323.59

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Alaska than in Virginia. 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.

Maryland· 40th of 51

$380

AK $977VA $251

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.