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Continuous Nerve Block for the Arm

Iowa 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?

$1,219

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,219 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $148 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$148$123 to $182
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$501 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $195 to $3,802Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $78 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,072professional $148

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
$602.56
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$204.17
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$1,412.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$199.53
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$1,258.93
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
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
$36.31
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 19th of 51

$1,219

$148 physician + $1,072 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.