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Continuous Nerve Block for the Arm

South Carolina 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?

$907

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $907 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $112 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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$112$81.28 to $195
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$562 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $437 to $3,631Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $71 to $214
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $112

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
$93.33
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$251.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$251.19
7 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
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$125.89

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 27th of 51

$907

$112 physician + $794 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.