CPT code 64629: Basivertebral nerve ablation, each additional vertebral body2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Virginia

In Virginia, Medicare pays $162.98 for 64629 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

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Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 64629 covers

This add-on captures treatment of an additional lumbar or sacral vertebral body during intraosseous basivertebral nerve ablation. Interventional pain physicians and spine specialists typically perform the procedure for selected patients with vertebrogenic low back pain. Imaging guidance used to perform the ablation is included in the service.

Report 64629 with the primary code 64628, which covers treatment of the first two vertebral bodies. Assign one unit for each additional body treated and document the treated vertebral levels, the clinical indication, and the procedure performed. CMS classifies 64629 as an add-on code: it is billed only with a primary procedure and paid within that procedure's global period.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Virginia compares for 64629

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 64629 runs from $156.59 in Arkansas to $224.99 in Alaska. Virginia pays $162.98. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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64629 rates by state

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How the 64629 rate is calculated

Each of 64629’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 64629

The CMS indicators that decide how 64629 is paid alongside other services.

Codes related to 64629

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 64629 has changed in Virginia

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Where the Virginia rate applies

Virginia is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 628 cities and communities in Virginia. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abbs Valley
• Abingdon
• Accomac
• Adwolf
• Afton
• Alberta
• Aldie
• Allison Gap

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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