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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 October 2026.

How much does Nerve Ablation For A Neck Or Upper Back Joint, One Level cost?

$1,418

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,418 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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$347$209 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$661 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $457 to $4,898Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $48 to $603
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,072professional $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
$316.23
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,096.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$346.74
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$588.84
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$588.84
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$707.95
8 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
$85.11
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 44th of 51

$1,418

$347 physician + $1,072 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.