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

Nevada 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?

$2,045

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,045 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$347$214 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,096 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $891 to $4,365Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $191 to $603
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $347

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
$426.58
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$457.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$870.96
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,479.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
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
$95.50
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$309.03

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 23rd of 51

$2,045

$347 physician + $1,698 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.