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Procedure price report · Other non-OR or closed therapeutic nervous system procedures

Facet joint nerve ablation, neck or upper back, 1 level

CPT 64633the billing code this page is about

Destruction of the small nerves supplying a spinal facet joint in the neck or mid-back using heat or a chemical agent, billed for the first joint level treated on one side.

Hospitals typically charge $2,260 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,826 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,278. Most fall between $978 and $4,014 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,826
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,826 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$556$1,166$2,260$3,459$5,383

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($556 vs $5,383).

How the prices are spread

$397 – $529: 78 hospitals$397$529 – $705: 67 hospitals$705 – $939: 108 hospitals$705$939 – $1,251: 159 hospitals$1,251 – $1,668: 152 hospitals$1,251$1,668 – $2,222: 249 hospitals$2,222 – $2,961: 303 hospitals$2,222$2,961 – $3,946: 240 hospitals$3,946 – $5,259: 190 hospitals$3,946$5,259 – $7,008: 105 hospitals$5,259median $2,260price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,651 of 1,826 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$397$52978
$529$70567
$705$939108
$939$1,251159
$1,251$1,668152
$1,668$2,222249
$2,222$2,961303
$2,961$3,946240
$3,946$5,259190
$5,259$7,008105

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,995
Median cash price$2,260
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.13×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,260.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $1,619 across 11 hospitalsME$1,619Vermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $862 across 13 hospitalsNH$862Washington: median $2,556 across 37 hospitalsWA$2,556Idaho: median $1,939 across 20 hospitalsID$1,939Montana: median $1,291 across 11 hospitalsMT$1,291North Dakota: median $1,888 across 11 hospitalsND$1,888Minnesota: median $1,991 across 75 hospitalsMN$1,991Illinois: median $2,190 across 76 hospitalsIL$2,190Wisconsin: median $1,826 across 63 hospitalsWI$1,826Michigan: median $1,851 across 64 hospitalsMI$1,851New York: median $2,581 across 69 hospitalsNY$2,581Massachusetts: median $3,313 across 33 hospitalsMA$3,313Oregon: median $1,005 across 20 hospitalsOR$1,005Nevada: median $927 across 10 hospitalsNV$927Wyoming: median $1,328 across 13 hospitalsWY$1,328South Dakota: median $1,230 across 12 hospitalsSD$1,230Iowa: median $1,445 across 67 hospitalsIA$1,445Indiana: median $543 across 38 hospitalsIN$543Ohio: median $3,315 across 111 hospitalsOH$3,315Pennsylvania: median $2,461 across 73 hospitalsPA$2,461New Jersey: median $2,576 across 49 hospitalsNJ$2,576Connecticut: median $2,693 across 12 hospitalsCT$2,693Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,236 across 113 hospitalsCA$3,236Utah: median $2,138 across 28 hospitalsUT$2,138Colorado: median $1,826 across 45 hospitalsCO$1,826Nebraska: median $1,659 across 40 hospitalsNE$1,659Missouri: median $1,891 across 53 hospitalsMO$1,891Kentucky: median $2,574 across 25 hospitalsKY$2,574West Virginia: median $1,484 across 23 hospitalsWV$1,484Virginia: median $1,345 across 36 hospitalsVA$1,345Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,082 across 26 hospitalsAZ$2,082New Mexico: median $2,065 across 10 hospitalsNM$2,065Kansas: median $1,564 across 57 hospitalsKS$1,564Arkansas: median $1,238 across 14 hospitalsAR$1,238Tennessee: median $910 across 30 hospitalsTN$910North Carolina: median $2,546 across 47 hospitalsNC$2,546South Carolina: median $2,850 across 30 hospitalsSC$2,850Oklahoma: median $1,499 across 33 hospitalsOK$1,499Louisiana: median $1,102 across 29 hospitalsLA$1,102Mississippi: median $1,224 across 22 hospitalsMS$1,224Alabama: median $1,416 across 13 hospitalsAL$1,416Georgia: median $3,091 across 49 hospitalsGA$3,091Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,520 across 114 hospitalsTX$2,520Florida: median $3,381 across 68 hospitalsFL$3,381
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,260. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL68$3,381+50%$2,366 – $5,892
Ohio OH111$3,315+47%$1,930 – $6,226
Massachusetts MA33$3,313+47%$2,099 – $4,811
California CA113$3,236+43%$1,721 – $6,498
Georgia GA49$3,091+37%$1,143 – $4,326
South Carolina SC30$2,850+26%$2,473 – $4,687
Connecticut CT12$2,693+19%$1,643 – $6,319
New York NY69$2,581+14%$1,740 – $4,595
New Jersey NJ49$2,576+14%$2,161 – $5,339
Kentucky KY25$2,574+14%$624 – $3,984
Washington WA37$2,556+13%$790 – $3,596
North Carolina NC47$2,546+13%$1,021 – $4,370
Texas TX114$2,520+12%$2,065 – $3,340
Pennsylvania PA73$2,461+9%$1,451 – $4,081
Illinois IL76$2,190−3%$1,005 – $4,218
Utah UT28$2,138−5%$1,939 – $2,282
Arizona AZ26$2,082−8%$502 – $3,631
New Mexico NM10$2,065−9%$637 – $2,483
Minnesota MN75$1,991−12%$1,061 – $3,103
Idaho ID20$1,939−14%$885 – $5,383
Missouri MO53$1,891−16%$731 – $2,759
North Dakota ND11$1,888−16%$923 – $3,165
Michigan MI64$1,851−18%$442 – $4,565
Colorado CO45$1,826−19%$1,267 – $3,665
Wisconsin WI63$1,826−19%$966 – $3,103
Nebraska NE40$1,659−27%$920 – $2,982
Maine ME11$1,619−28%$485 – $3,442
Kansas KS57$1,564−31%$567 – $2,951
Oklahoma OK33$1,499−34%$584 – $2,156
West Virginia WV23$1,484−34%$617 – $2,494
Iowa IA67$1,445−36%$757 – $3,091
Alabama AL13$1,416−37%$531 – $3,093
Virginia VA36$1,345−40%$1,030 – $1,905
Wyoming WY13$1,328−41%$962 – $2,829
Montana MT11$1,291−43%$812 – $1,931
Arkansas AR14$1,238−45%$758 – $2,186
South Dakota SD12$1,230−46%$1,230 – $2,751
Mississippi MS22$1,224−46%$808 – $1,551
Louisiana LA29$1,102−51%$719 – $2,201
Oregon OR20$1,005−56%$783 – $2,596
Nevada NV10$927−59%$646 – $3,318
Tennessee TN30$910−60%$856 – $1,359
New Hampshire NH13$862−62%$242 – $2,410
Indiana IN38$543−76%$346 – $2,657
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,260.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,369$2,438$1,190 – $4,277
Children’s14fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access436$1,448$635 – $3,147
Ownership
For-profit180$2,381$995 – $4,326
Government325$1,894$788 – $3,436
Non-profit1,314$2,307$1,050 – $4,136
System affiliation
Part of a system1,513$2,366$1,056 – $4,205
Independent313$1,659$675 – $3,328

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,890
Median cash price$2,260
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,263 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,450 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,475; most fall between $1,121 and $4,266.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,263 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$743$1,294$2,450$3,766$5,516

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($743 vs $5,516).

Of the 1,342 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,263 gave a usable cash price; 30 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 48 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,826 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (46%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,943 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,826
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here57
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded55
Hospitals that filed this code1,943

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other non-OR or closed therapeutic nervous system procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Dstr Nrolytc Agnt Parverteb Fct Sngl Crvcl/Thora.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Facet joint nerve ablation, neck or upper back, 1 level (CPT 64633) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-64633-facet-joint-nerve-ablation-neck-or-upper-back-1-level