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

Vermont 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?

$468

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $263 to $513.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $3,162Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $219 to $589
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $2,884professional $468

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$758.58
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in South Dakota than in Kentucky. 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.

Vermont· 21st of 51

$468

SD $871KY $363

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.