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

Ohio 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?

$3,117

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,117 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$363$234 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,318 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $427 to $8,913Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $178 to $692
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $363

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
$389.05
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$616.60
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$416.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$245.47
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$724.44
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$724.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$97.72
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$676.08

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 20th of 51

$3,117

$363 physician + $2,754 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.