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Nerve Block Injection, Back Of The Head

Vermont rates for HCPCS 64405

This is an injection of numbing medication around a nerve at the base of the skull that carries sensation from the back of the head. It's commonly used to help diagnose or relieve certain types of headaches, including migraines, that involve this nerve. The injection targets one specific nerve on one or both sides.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Nerve Block Injection, Back Of The Head cost?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $912 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$97.72$74.13 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$912$912 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,072Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $66 to $151
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $912professional $98

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$138.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$151.36

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Texas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Vermont· 18th of 51

$97.72

AK $214TX $67.61

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.