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Continuous Nerve Block for the Arm

Vermont 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?

$808

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $808 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $100 to the doctor who performs it, and $708 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$100$89.13 to $132
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$708$708 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,380Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $81 to $191
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $708professional $100

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$154.88
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$234.42

Where Vermont 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

Vermont· 35th of 51

$808

$100 physician + $708 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.