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Nerve Treatment For Lower Back Pain, Single Level

North Carolina 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?

$1,916

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,916 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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 $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$447 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $229 to $5,370Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $186 to $933
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,479professional $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
$275.42
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$512.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$870.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$741.31
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$39,810.72
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where North Carolina 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 feeNorth Carolina $1,916 · 40th 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.