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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 July 2026.

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

$1,251

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,251 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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$457$316 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$537 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $347 to $5,012Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,175
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $457

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
$489.78
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,148.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,148.15
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$933.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,023.29
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$851.14
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$933.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,096.48
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,762.47
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$11,481.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 49th of 51

$1,251

$457 physician + $794 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.