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Continuous Numbing Infusion Near Lumbar Plexus

Vermont rates for HCPCS 64449

Places a fine catheter from the back alongside the lumbar plexus, the bundle of nerves in the lower back that supplies the hip, thigh and knee, and leaves it there to deliver a continuous infusion of numbing medication. Bathing the nerves steadily keeps the area numb for days, rather than the few hours a single injection lasts. It is used mainly for pain control after surgery on the hip or leg.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Continuous Numbing Infusion Near Lumbar Plexus cost?

$93.33

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $70.79 to $93.33.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $71 to $141
$50$100$200professional $93

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$208.93
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$269.15

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 45.7 times more in California 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.

Vermont· 41st of 51

$93.33

CA $2,754DE $60.26

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.