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

New Mexico 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?

$1,826

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,826 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$380$263 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$1,096 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $724 to $4,467Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $209 to $692
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $380

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
$281.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$575.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$691.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,584.89
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$758.58
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
$93.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$407.38

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 30th of 51

$1,826

$380 physician + $1,445 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.