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

Oregon 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?

$1,376

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,376 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$363 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$708 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $537 to $5,012Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,000
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $851professional $525

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
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,096.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,174.90
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$912.01
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,454.71
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,096.48
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$7,762.47
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,122.02
13 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
$151.36
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$416.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$302.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$120.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$446.68
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$89.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$60.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$416.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$11,481.54

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 47th of 51

$1,376

$525 physician + $851 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.