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

South Dakota 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?

$4,192

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,192 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$724$372 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,995 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $589 to $3,548Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,230
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,467professional $724

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
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$3,801.89
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,235.94
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$933.25
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,122.02
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 9th of 51

$4,192

$724 physician + $3,467 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.