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

Michigan 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?

$2,449

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,449 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$407$240 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$537 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $257 to $4,898Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $209 to $708
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $407

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
$257.04
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$776.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$338.84
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$645.65
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 30th of 51

$2,449

$407 physician + $2,042 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.