64635 — Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, single facet joint

What the market charges

Across 21,901 negotiated rates, the middle 80% fall between $230 and $1,173, with a median of $468.

What Medicare pays

Medicare allowed an average of $498 for this code, across 352,333 services billed by 6,097 providers. At the median, the market charges about what Medicare pays for this code.

Where this is billed, and what it costs there

The states billing 64635 most, by Medicare service volume, each compared against the national average of $498. Each links to the providers Mishe lists there.

  • Florida — 544 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $515 — 3% above the national average
  • California — 518 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $611 — 23% above the national average
  • Texas — 559 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $493 — 1% below the national average
  • Georgia — 284 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $510 — 2% above the national average
  • Arizona — 223 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $514 — 3% above the national average
  • Maryland — 177 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $536 — 8% above the national average
  • New York — 244 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $550 — 10% above the national average
  • Pennsylvania — 244 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $445 — 11% below the national average

Claim-editing rules

These are National Correct Coding Initiative procedure-to-procedure edits — the rules a payer applies when deciding whether two codes billed together are both payable.

Codes this one absorbs

Billed together, 64635 is the payable code and these are not separately payable. 231 pairs in total.

  • 12001 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 12002 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 12004 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 12005 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 12006 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 12007 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 12011 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 12013 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 12014 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 12015 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 12016 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 12017 — a modifier may allow both to be paid

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Every figure on this page came from published payer and Medicare data, assembled by Mishe. The same pricing, claim-editing and care-pathway intelligence runs underneath the plans Mishe operates.

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