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Continuous Nerve Block for the Arm

Kentucky 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?

$472

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $472 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $83.18 to the doctor who performs it, and $389 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$83.18$70.79 to $178
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$389$195 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $74 to $1,995Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $68 to $224
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $389professional $83

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
$66.07
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$123.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$223.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$331.13
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,023.29
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,023.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$223.87
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
$32.36
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$8.71

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$472

$83.18 physician + $389 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.