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Knee Nerve Block Injection

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 64454

This procedure injects numbing medication, often combined with a steroid, around specific small nerves that carry pain signals from the knee, rather than into the knee joint itself. Imaging guidance is commonly used to place the injection accurately. It is often used to test whether targeting these nerves relieves knee pain before considering a longer-lasting nerve treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Knee Nerve Block Injection cost?

$234

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $81.28 to $537.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $81 to $5,129Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $78 to $355
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $204

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
$81.28
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$524.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$478.63

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Washington, DC· 13th of 51

$234

CA $550KY $107

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.