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Nerve Treatment For Lower Back Pain, Single Level

Massachusetts 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?

$1,870

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,870 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$282 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$316 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $224 to $3,802Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,122
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $457

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
$446.68
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,778.28
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$39,810.72
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,047.13
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,202.26
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,495.41
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$741.31
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$39,810.72
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 41st of 51

$1,870

$457 physician + $1,413 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.