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Nerve Treatment For Lower Back Pain, Single Level

Iowa 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?

$2,727

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,727 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$275 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$912 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $437 to $6,310Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,175
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $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
$436.52
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,288.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$5,754.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,096.48
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$977.24

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Delaware 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

Iowa· 26th of 51

$2,727

$437 physician + $2,291 facility

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.