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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 October 2026.

How much does Nerve Ablation For A Neck Or Upper Back Joint, One Level cost?

$1,829

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,829 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$417$275 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$871 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $427 to $4,169Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $245 to $589
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $417

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
$245.47
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$398.11
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$891.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,466.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$588.84
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
14 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
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$371.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$112.20
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$416.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$85.11
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$56.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$389.05

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 30th of 51

$1,829

$417 physician + $1,413 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.