Surgery and procedures CPT 64635 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Lumbar radiofrequency ablation cost in Staunton, VA — inpatient

In Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for radiofrequency ablation of facet joint nerves, lower back, one level as an inpatient: from $1,902.00 to $1,902.00, with a median of $1,902.00. Across Virginia, the median is $2,747.50 at 23 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 64635, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,902.00Augusta Health
Median$1,902.00half pay less
Highest$1,902.00in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA.

median
Lowest $1,902.00Highest $2,852.00
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Augusta Health lowest Fishersville, VA · (540) 332-4000 Destruction Paravetebral Fa $1,902.00 $3,804.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Augusta Health both sides Fishersville, VA · (540) 332-4000 Denrv Sgl Lumbosacral Bilat $2,852.00 $5,704.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $1,902.00, median $1,902.00, highest $1,902.00.

Both sides : lowest $2,852.00, median $2,852.00, highest $2,852.00.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,902.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

Radiofrequency ablation uses heat to disable the small nerves that carry pain from lower back facet joints, using imaging to guide the needle.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the injection and imaging guidance. The steroid or other medicine may be billed separately.