Lumbar radiofrequency ablation cost in New York
In New York, 46 hospitals publish a cash price for radiofrequency ablation of facet joint nerves, lower back, one level: from $407.87 to $7,285.00, with a median of $2,310.83. The lowest price is at Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp (Wellsville). The highest price is 17.9× the lowest.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 64635. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 23, 2026.
Lowest$407.87Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp
Median$2,310.83half pay less
Highest$7,285.00in New York
Lowest saves$1,902.96vs the median
Hospitals in New York, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp lowest Wellsville · Wellsville, NY PR DSTR NROLYTC AGNT PARVERTEB FCT SNGL LMBR/SACRAL | $407.87 | $684.00 | — source file |
| Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital Dansville · Rochester, NY PR DSTR NROLYTC AGNT PARVERTEB FCT SNGL LMBR/SACRAL | $485.39 | $814.00 | — source file |
| Arnot Ogden Medical Center Elmira · Elmira, NY HC Dstr Nrolytc Agnt Parverteb Fct Sngl Lmbr/Sacral | $603.23 | $3,016.13 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital Bath · Corning, NY HC Dstr Nrolytc Agnt Parverteb Fct Sngl Lmbr/Sacral | $603.23 | $3,016.13 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| St. Joseph's Hospital Campus Elmira · Elmira, NY HC Dstr Nrolytc Agnt Parverteb Fct Sngl Lmbr/Sacral | $603.23 | $3,016.13 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| St. James Hospital Hornell · Corning, NY PR DSTR NROLYTC AGNT PARVERTEB FCT SNGL LMBR/SACRAL | $633.42 | $1,062.25 | — source file |
| Erie County Medical Center Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY DESTRUCTION LUMBAR/SACRAL JNT | $697.56 | $4,695.97 | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| Schuyler Hospital Montour Falls · Montour Falls, NY HC Dstr Nrolytc Agnt Parverteb Fct Sngl Lmbr/Sacral | $699.30 | $3,496.50 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center Plattsburgh · Plattsburgh, NY PR DSTR NROLYTC AGNT PARVERTEB FCT SNGL LMBR/SACRAL | $991.00 | $991.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY PR DSTR NROLYTC AGNT PARVERTEB FCT SNGL LMBR/SACRAL | $1,060.00 | $2,120.00 | — source file |
| NYU Langone Mineola · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DESTROY LUMB/SAC FACET JNT | $1,205.81 | $6,346.39 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DESTROY LUMB/SAC FACET JNT | $1,205.81 | $6,346.39 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DESTROY LUMB/SAC FACET JNT | $1,205.81 | $6,346.39 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk Patchogue · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DESTROY LUMB/SAC FACET JNT | $1,205.81 | $6,346.39 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca Ithaca · Ithaca, NY HC Dstr Nrolytc Agnt Parverteb Fct Sngl Lmbr/Sacral | $1,213.80 | $6,069.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Dstr Nrolytc Agnt Parverteb Fct Sngl Lmbr/Sacral | $1,495.00 | $1,495.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Dstr Nrolytc Agnt Parverteb Fct Sngl Lmbr/Sacral | $1,495.00 | $1,495.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Niagara Falls · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY DESTROY LUMB/SAC FACET JNT | $1,543.64 | $2,205.20 | — source file |
| Alice Hyde Medical Center Malone · Malone, NY PR DSTR NROLYTC AGNT PARVERTEB FCT SNGL LMBR/SACRAL | $1,847.00 | $1,847.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Bellevue Hospital Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PR DSTR NROLYTC AGNT PARVERTEB FCT SNGL LMBR/SACRAL | $1,995.02 | $489.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PR DSTR NROLYTC AGNT PARVERTEB FCT SNGL LMBR/SACRAL | $1,995.02 | $499.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PR DSTR NROLYTC AGNT PARVERTEB FCT SNGL LMBR/SACRAL | $1,995.02 | $488.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Jacobi Medical Center Bronx · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DESTRUCTION NEUROLYTIC AGENT, PARAVERTEBRAL FACET JOINT NERVE | $2,310.83 | $5,218.37 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DESTRUCTION NEUROLYTIC AGENT, PARAVERTEBRAL FACET JOINT NERVE | $2,310.83 | $5,218.37 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Broadway Elmhurst · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DESTRUCTION NEUROLYTIC AGENT, PARAVERTEBRAL FACET JOINT NERVE | $2,310.83 | $5,218.37 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Highland Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY Destroy lumb/sac facet jnt | $2,317.85 | — | — source file |
| Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC DSTR NROLYTC AGNT PARVERTEB FCT SNGL LMBR_SACRAL | $2,407.40 | $3,703.70 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY DEST LUMB/SAC FACET JNT W IMG | $3,409.80 | $5,683.00 | — source file |
| Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Destroy Lumb/Sac Sngl Facet Jnt | $3,420.00 | $3,800.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Destroy Lumb/Sac Sngl Facet Jnt | $3,420.00 | $3,800.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Morningside New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Destroy Lumb/Sac Sngl Facet Jnt | $3,420.00 | $3,800.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Queens Long Island · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Destroy Lumb/Sac Sngl Facet Jnt | $3,420.00 | $3,800.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Destroy Lumb/Sac Sngl Facet Jnt | $3,420.00 | $3,800.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning · Corning, NY Destroy Lumb/Sac Facet Jnt | $3,909.74 | $4,887.18 | — source file |
| Guthrie Cortland Medical Center Cortland · Cortland, NY Destroy Lumb/Sac Facet Jnt | $3,909.74 | $4,887.18 | — source file |
| United Memorial Medical Center Batavia · Batavia, NY HC DESTRUCTION BY NEUROLYTIC AGNT PARVERTEB FCT NRV_SNGL JNT LUMBAR_SACRAL W IMAGE GUIDE | $4,220.26 | $6,492.70 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY HC 64635l Neurlytc Paravrt L/S 1l | $4,225.00 | $4,225.00 | — source file |
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY HC 64635l Neurlytc Paravrt L/S 1l | $4,225.00 | $4,225.00 | — source file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY HC 64635l Neurlytc Paravrt L/S 1l | $4,225.00 | $4,225.00 | — source file |
| Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ DESTROY LUMB/SAC FACET JNT | $4,249.00 | $4,249.00 | — source file |
| St Johns Riverside Hospital Park Care Pavillion Yonkers · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ DESTROY LUMB/SAC FACET JNT | $5,247.90 | $6,174.00 | — source file |
| Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark · Rochester, NY HC DESTRUCTION BY NEUROLYTIC AGNT PARVERTEB FCT NRV_SNGL JNT LUMBAR_SACRAL W IMAGE GUIDE | $5,482.43 | $8,434.51 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Rochester General Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY HC DSTR NROLYTC AGNT PARVERTEB FCT SNGL LMBR_SACRAL | $5,482.43 | $8,434.51 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester · Rochester, NY HC DESTRUCTION BY NEUROLYTIC AGNT PARVERTEB FCT NRV_SNGL JNT LUMBAR_SACRAL W IMAGE GUIDE | $5,885.82 | $7,357.27 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Rfa Nerve Lumbar Or Sacral | $6,342.15 | $6,342.15 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ DES NEUR,PAR FCT,L/S SGL W/IMG | $7,285.00 | $7,285.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 20 | $1,205.81 | $2,310.83 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 6 | $697.56 | $4,225.00 |
| Rochester, NY | 6 | $485.39 | $3,900.14 |
| Corning, NY | 3 | $603.23 | $633.42 |
| Elmira, NY | 2 | $603.23 | $603.23 |
| Batavia, NY | 1 | $4,220.26 | $4,220.26 |
| Cortland, NY | 1 | $3,909.74 | $3,909.74 |
| Ithaca, NY | 1 | $1,213.80 | $1,213.80 |
| Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY | 1 | $3,409.80 | $3,409.80 |
| Malone, NY | 1 | $1,847.00 | $1,847.00 |
| Montour Falls, NY | 1 | $699.30 | $699.30 |
| Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 1 | $2,407.40 | $2,407.40 |
| Plattsburgh, NY | 1 | $991.00 | $991.00 |
| Wellsville, NY | 1 | $407.87 | $407.87 |
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.
Radiofrequency ablation of facet joint nerves, lower back, one level in other states
- Alabama$4,574.15
- Alaska$2,879.21
- Arizona$2,388.29
- Arkansas$1,595.13
- California$4,056.77
- Colorado$5,071.14
- Connecticut$1,090.00
- Delaware$2,976.96
- Florida$3,732.70
- Georgia$4,326.27
- Hawaii$1,250.10
- Idaho$5,383.00
- Illinois$2,300.00
- Indiana$2,127.20
- Iowa$1,024.00
- Kansas$1,785.20
- Kentucky$1,769.06
- Louisiana$930.52
- Maine$1,140.10
- Maryland$787.00
- Massachusetts$2,327.85
- Michigan$2,330.85
- Minnesota$2,102.45
- Mississippi$1,128.60
- Missouri$1,373.78
- Montana$1,372.80
- Nebraska$1,782.36
- Nevada$4,662.10
- New Hampshire$1,052.64
- New Jersey$2,506.08
- North Carolina$4,272.78
- North Dakota$2,598.00
- Ohio$3,065.25
- Oklahoma$1,681.50
- Oregon$790.40
- Pennsylvania$3,253.33
- Rhode Island$2,184.00
- South Carolina$2,469.40
- South Dakota$2,458.40
- Tennessee$521.13
- Texas$3,101.88
- Utah$2,181.76
- Vermont$1,276.98
- Virginia$2,747.50
- Washington$2,728.32
- West Virginia$2,244.50
- Wisconsin$1,841.22
- Wyoming$2,413.50
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.