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Nerve Block Injection At The Sciatic Nerve

Alaska rates for HCPCS 64445

This is an injection of numbing medicine around the sciatic nerve, the large nerve running from the lower back through the buttock and down the back of the leg, used to numb the leg for surgery or to help control pain. It is typically given with the help of ultrasound or another imaging technique to guide needle placement.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nerve Block Injection At The Sciatic Nerve cost?

$465

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $465 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $251 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$214$120 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$251$135 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $81 to $5,888Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $68 to $741
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $251professional $214

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$389.05
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$645.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$812.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$741.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$645.65
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$707.95

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 24.5 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. 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

Alaska· 38th of 51

$465

$214 physician + $251 facility

NJ $4,596MD $188

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.