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Nerve Treatment For Lower Back Pain, Single Level

Maine 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?

$2,872

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,872 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$417$234 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$490 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $263 to $5,012Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $209 to $891
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,455professional $417

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
$263.03
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$977.24
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$5,011.87
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,011.87
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$758.58
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$891.25

Where Maine 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 feeMaine $2,872 · 22nd 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.