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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 July 2026.

How much does Nerve Ablation For A Neck Or Upper Back Joint, One Level cost?

$3,501

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,501 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$550$407 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$851 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $389 to $12,589Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,175
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,951professional $550

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,754.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,380.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Indiana 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· 15th of 51

$3,501

$550 physician + $2,951 facility

IN $5,410MT $1,125

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.