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

New Jersey 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?

$2,879

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,879 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$309$234 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,413 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $525 to $7,079Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $141 to $776
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $309

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
$234.42
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$512.86
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,079.46
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$776.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$776.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,413.10
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$588.84
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
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$354.81

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 11th of 51

$2,879

$309 physician + $2,570 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.