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Nerve Treatment For Lower Back Pain, Single Level

Washington, DC 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?

$468

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $214 to $1,585.

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 $2,754 · 10th to 90th $191 to $7,762Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,380
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,754professional $437

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
$190.55
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,162.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,905.46
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,023.29
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$954.99

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Wisconsin 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.

Washington, DC· 19th of 51

$468

WI $724KY $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.