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

Missouri 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?

$2,023

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,023 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$363$240 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$977 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $479 to $5,623Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,660
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,660professional $363

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
$213.80
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$575.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$263.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$39,810.72
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$398.11
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
$79.43
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$309.03

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 24th of 51

$2,023

$363 physician + $1,660 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.