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

Wyoming 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?

$2,658

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,658 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$457 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$2,042 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $3,020Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,413
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $617

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
$190.55
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
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
$208.93
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$331.13

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 14th of 51

$2,658

$617 physician + $2,042 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.