Surgery and procedures CPT 64635 Outpatient

Lumbar radiofrequency ablation cost in Hartford, KY

In Hartford, KY, 1 hospital lists a cash price for radiofrequency ablation of facet joint nerves, lower back, one level: from $1,225.50 to $1,225.50, with a median of $1,225.50. Across Kentucky, the median is $1,929.20 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$1,225.50Ohio County Hospital

Median$1,225.50half of hospitals charge less

Highest$1,225.50in 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 Hartford, KY.

median

Lowest $1,225.50Highest $2,450.50

one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ohio County Hospital lowest Hartford, KY · (270) 298-7411 DEST/RFA LUMBAR/SACRAL source file	$1,225.50	$2,451.00	$785.07–$3,673.18	50%
Ohio County Hospital both sides Hartford, KY · (270) 298-7411 DEST/RFA LUMBAR/SACRAL BILAT source file	$2,450.50	$4,901.00	$785.07–$3,673.18	50%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Outpatient: lowest $1,225.50, median $1,225.50, highest $1,225.50.

Both sides : lowest $2,450.50, median $2,450.50, highest $2,450.50.

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 inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,225.50. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 64635 ($2,422.35). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Hospital	Cash price	File
Ohio County Hospital Hartford, KYDESTROY LUMB/SAC FACET JNT	$147.00	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.