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

North Carolina 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?

$1,699

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,699 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$603$427 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$562 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $437 to $4,677Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,023
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $603

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
$186.21
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$645.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$776.25
10 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
$93.33
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$302.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$512.86

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 35th of 51

$1,699

$603 physician + $1,096 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.