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Continuous Nerve Block for the Arm

Arizona rates for HCPCS 64416

Places a fine catheter next to the bundle of nerves in the neck and shoulder that supplies the arm, so numbing medicine can be infused continuously instead of being given as a single injection. It provides pain relief during and for a period after shoulder, arm or hand surgery.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Continuous Nerve Block for the Arm cost?

$991

Typical total for the visit. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $991 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $79.43 to the doctor who performs it, and $912 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$79.43$67.61 to $155
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$479 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $380 to $3,467Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $54 to $1,413
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $912professional $79

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$77.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$181.97
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$173.78
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 12.2 times more in Connecticut than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Arizona· 26th of 51

$991

$79.43 physician + $912 facility

CT $2,815MT $231

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.