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

Nebraska 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?

$2,183

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,183 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$363$263 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,318 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $851 to $7,244Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,072
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,820professional $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
$389.05
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,071.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,235.94
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,290.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,380.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,047.13
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
$91.20
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 20th of 51

$2,183

$363 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.