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Continuous Nerve Block for the Arm

Virginia 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?

$1,373

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,373 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $85.11 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$85.11$75.86 to $100
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$447 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $126 to $4,786Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $69 to $145
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $85

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
$89.13
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$154.88
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$177.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$104.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$147.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$109.65
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,951.21
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$186.21
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
$38.02
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 13th of 51

$1,373

$85.11 physician + $1,288 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.