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

Montana 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?

$1,029

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,029 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $631 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$398$302 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$631$302 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,514Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $191 to $708
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $631professional $398

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$691.83
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$851.14
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$831.76
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,365.16
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$1,029

$398 physician + $631 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.