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

West 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?

$1,802

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,802 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$275 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$427 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $191 to $6,918Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $178 to $813
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $389

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$467.74
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$794.33
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
$87.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15

Where West 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

West Virginia· 32nd of 51

$1,802

$389 physician + $1,413 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.