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Nerve Treatment For Lower Back Pain, Single Level

Alaska rates for HCPCS 64635

This is a procedure that uses heat generated by a needle-based device to disable a small nerve carrying pain signals from a joint connecting two vertebrae in the lower back, at a single spinal level. It is used to provide longer-lasting relief for back pain coming from that joint than a numbing injection alone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nerve Treatment For Lower Back Pain, Single Level cost?

$1,586

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,586 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,023 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$407 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$562 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $219 to $5,888Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,995
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,023professional $562

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
$1,174.90
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,995.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,137.96
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,344.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,995.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Delaware than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlaska $1,586 · 45th of 51
DE $5,392MD $986

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.