Surgery and procedures CPT 64635 Outpatient

Lumbar radiofrequency ablation cost in Gordon, NE

In Gordon, NE, 1 hospital lists a cash price for radiofrequency ablation of facet joint nerves, lower back, one level: from $5,500.00 to $5,500.00, with a median of $5,500.00. Across Nebraska, the median is $2,055.24 at 25 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 64635, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$5,500.00Gordon Memorial Hospital
Median$5,500.00half pay less
Highest$5,500.00in 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 Gordon, NE.

median
Lowest $923.00Highest $8,250.00
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Gordon Memorial Hospital lowest Gordon, NE · (308) 282-0401 Dest Neuro, Lum/sacr Sng Facet Jnt $5,500.00 $5,500.00 $457.00–$5,225.00 — —
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Gordon Memorial Hospital both sides Gordon, NE · (308) 282-0401 Pf Bilat Dest Neuro,lum/sacr Sng Fct Jnt $923.00 $923.00 $163.00–$877.00 — —
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Gordon Memorial Hospital both sides Gordon, NE · (308) 282-0401 Pm Bilat Dest Neuro,lum/sacr Sng Fct Jnt $8,250.00 $8,250.00 $457.00–$7,838.00 — —
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Outpatient: lowest $5,500.00, median $5,500.00, highest $5,500.00.

Both sides : lowest $923.00, median $923.00, highest $923.00.

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.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

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.