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Nerve Block Injection At The Front Of The Thigh

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 64447

This is an injection of numbing medicine around the femoral nerve, which runs along the front of the thigh and supplies sensation and movement to part of the leg, used to numb the leg for surgery or to help control pain, particularly after knee procedures. 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 Front Of The Thigh cost?

$400

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $400 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $186 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$214$115 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$186$110 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $85 to $1,413Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $65 to $912
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $186professional $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
$89.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,071.52
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$186.21
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,096.48
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$281.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$269.15
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$281.84
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$331.13

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 35.3 times more in New Jersey than in Delaware. 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· 39th of 51

$400

$214 physician + $186 facility

NJ $5,229DE $148

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.