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Continuous Nerve Block Beside The Chest Spine

Iowa rates for HCPCS 64463

A fine catheter is placed alongside the spine in the chest, in the space where the nerves emerge from between the ribs, and numbing medicine is delivered through it continuously rather than as a single injection. It numbs one side of the chest wall to control pain after chest or breast surgery or after rib fractures. Ultrasound or X-ray is used to guide the catheter into position where needed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Continuous Nerve Block Beside The Chest Spine cost?

$1,010

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,010 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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$251$174 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$479 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $204 to $3,802Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $129 to $603
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $759professional $251

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$537.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$478.63
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$812.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$660.69
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$478.63
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$616.60
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$31.62

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 8.2 times more in Hawaii than in Michigan. 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

Iowa· 23rd of 51

$1,010

$251 physician + $759 facility

HI $3,114MI $379

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.