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

South Carolina 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?

$2,295

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,295 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$389$251 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$501 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $245 to $16,596Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $195 to $977
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,905professional $389

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
$223.87
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,380.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$794.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$724.44

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 32nd of 51

$2,295

$389 physician + $1,905 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.