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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 October 2026.

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

$1,659

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,659 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$562$427 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$537 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $269 to $1,820Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,175
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $562

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
$223.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,235.94
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$933.25
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,174.90
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,122.02
6 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
$79.43
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 37th of 51

$1,659

$562 physician + $1,096 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.