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Nerve Treatment For Lower Back Pain, Single Level

Minnesota 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 October 2026.

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

$2,276

Typical total for the visit. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,276 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$617$398 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$851 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $447 to $5,129Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,413
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $617

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$12,882.50
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,819.70
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,318.26
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$44.67

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Minnesota· 17th of 51

$2,276

$617 physician + $1,660 facility

CO $4,720MT $1,020

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.