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Continuous Nerve Block for the Arm

South Dakota 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?

$609

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $609 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $162 to the doctor who performs it, and $447 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$162$126 to $182
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$447$138 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $107 to $832Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $85 to $214
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $447professional $162

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
$64.57
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$218.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$1,412.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$173.78
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 43rd of 51

$609

$162 physician + $447 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.