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

Virginia 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?

$2,389

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,389 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$251$204 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$646 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $295 to $9,333Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $178 to $603
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $251

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
$269.15
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$389.05
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$645.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$602.56
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$707.95
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
$95.50
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 16th of 51

$2,389

$251 physician + $2,138 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.