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

Minnesota 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?

$2,436

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,436 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$617$398 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$759 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $355 to $7,079Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,413
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $617

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
$190.55
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$12,882.50
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,513.56
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,819.70
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,318.26
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$43.65

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 15th of 51

$2,436

$617 physician + $1,820 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.