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Nerve Treatment for Spinal Joint Pain, Additional Level

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 64634

This procedure disables small nerves that carry pain signals from a joint in the neck or upper back portion of the spine, done at an additional spinal level beyond the first one treated in the same session. The goal is longer-lasting pain relief than a temporary injection alone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nerve Treatment for Spinal Joint Pain, Additional Level cost?

$649

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $649 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $148 to the doctor who performs it, and $501 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$148$79.43 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$501$224 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $79 to $9,772Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $62 to $309
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $501professional $148

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$380.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$407.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$426.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$323.59

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 24.5 times more in Connecticut than in Maryland. 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 Carolina· 43rd of 51

$649

$148 physician + $501 facility

CT $4,872MD $198

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.