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

Maine 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?

$2,164

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,164 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$427$240 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$1,549 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $5,248Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $209 to $871
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,738professional $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
$1,548.82
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$977.24
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,248.07
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$11,748.98
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$891.25

Where Maine 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

Maine· 36th of 51

$2,164

$427 physician + $1,738 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.