Surgery and procedures CPT 64635 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Lumbar radiofrequency ablation cost in Stevens Point, WI — inpatient

In Stevens Point-Plover, WI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for radiofrequency ablation of facet joint nerves, lower back, one level as an inpatient: from $1,150.50 to $1,150.50, with a median of $1,150.50. The lowest listed price is at Aspirus Plover Hospital and 1 other hospital. Across Wisconsin, the median is $1,841.22 at 43 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 64635, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,150.50Aspirus Plover Hospital + 1 more
Median$1,150.50half pay less
Highest$1,150.50in 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 Stevens Point-Plover, WI.

median
Lowest $1,150.50Highest $3,739.12
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Aspirus Plover Hospital lowest Stevens Point, WI Pro Dstr Nrolytc Agnt Parverteb Fct Sngl Lmbr/Sacral $1,150.50 $1,770.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital lowest Stevens Point, WI · (715) 346-5000 Pro Dstr Nrolytc Agnt Parverteb Fct Sngl Lmbr/Sacral $1,150.50 $1,770.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Plover Hospital lowest Stevens Point, WI DSTR NROLYTC AGNT PARVERTEB FCT SNGL LMBR/SACRAL $1,150.50 $1,770.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital lowest Stevens Point, WI · (715) 346-5000 DSTR NROLYTC AGNT PARVERTEB FCT SNGL LMBR/SACRAL $1,150.50 $1,770.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Plover Hospital Stevens Point, WI Xr Destruction of L S Facet Nerve Jts $2,492.75 $3,835.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital Stevens Point, WI · (715) 346-5000 Xr Destruction of L S Facet Nerve Jts $2,492.75 $3,835.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Plover Hospital both sides Stevens Point, WI Pro Dstr Nrolytc Agnt Parverteb Fct Sngl Lmbr/Sacral|BILATERAL PROCEDURE $1,725.75 $2,655.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital both sides Stevens Point, WI · (715) 346-5000 Pro Dstr Nrolytc Agnt Parverteb Fct Sngl Lmbr/Sacral|BILATERAL PROCEDURE $1,725.75 $2,655.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Plover Hospital both sides Stevens Point, WI Xr Destruction of L S Facet Nerve Jts|BILATERAL PROCEDURE $3,739.12 $5,752.50 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital both sides Stevens Point, WI · (715) 346-5000 Xr Destruction of L S Facet Nerve Jts|BILATERAL PROCEDURE $3,739.12 $5,752.50 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $1,150.50, median $1,150.50, highest $1,150.50.

Both sides : lowest $1,725.75, median $1,725.75, highest $1,725.75.

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 2 facilities here, median $1,150.50 — 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.