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

New Hampshire 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?

$2,184

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,184 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$447$282 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$676 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $347 to $9,550Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $219 to $1,023
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $447

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
$346.74
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$954.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,019.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,096.48
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$9,549.93
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,096.48
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$549.54
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 35th of 51

$2,184

$447 physician + $1,738 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.