Surgery and procedures CPT 64635 Vermont Outpatient

Lumbar radiofrequency ablation cost in Vermont

In Vermont, 6 hospitals publish a cash price for radiofrequency ablation of facet joint nerves, lower back, one level: from $457.50 to $5,222.50, with a median of $3,840.00. The lowest price is at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (St. Johnsbury). The highest price is 11.4× the lowest.

  • The median here, $3,840.00, is 47% above the US median of $2,606.00.
  • Vermont ranks 41st of 44 states by median, cheapest first.
  • 3 of 6 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

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 Oct 25, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$457.50Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital
Median$3,840.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$5,222.50in Vermont
Lowest saves$3,382.50vs the median

Hospitals in Vermont, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital lowest St. Johnsbury · St. Johnsbury, VT DESTROY LUMB/SAC FACET JNT $457.50 $610.00 Aug 27, 2026
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Northwestern Medical Center Saint Albans · Burlington-South Burlington, VT Destroy lumb/sac facet jnt $498.65 $1,060.95 Aug 5, 2026
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Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center Windsor · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT Hc Destruction Neurolytic Agent Parverteb Fct Sngl Lmbr/sacral $3,078.00 $3,847.00 —
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University of Vermont Medical Center Burlington · Burlington-South Burlington, VT HC - DSTR NROLYTC AGNT PARVERTEB FCT SNGL LMBR/SACRAL $4,602.00 $4,602.00 Oct 12, 2026
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Central Vermont Medical Center Berlin · Barre, VT HC - DSTR NROLYTC AGNT PARVERTEB FCT SNGL LMBR/SACRAL $4,888.19 $4,888.19 Oct 1, 2026
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Southwestern Vermont Medical Center one side Bennington · Bennington, VT RF ABLATION LUMBAR SPINE RT $5,222.50 $5,222.50 Oct 15, 2026
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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
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 2 $498.65 $2,550.32
Barre, VT 1 $4,888.19 $4,888.19
Bennington, VT 1 $5,222.50 $5,222.50
Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT 1 $3,078.00 $3,078.00
St. Johnsbury, VT 1 $457.50 $457.50
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

What lumbar radiofrequency ablation is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Lumbar radiofrequency ablation explained.

Radiofrequency ablation of facet joint nerves, lower back, one level in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.