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Continuous Nerve Block Beside The Chest Spine

Massachusetts 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 July 2026.

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

$1,288

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $112 to $2,570.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $91 to $3,715
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,288

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
$173.78
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$213.80
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$3,311.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 26.3 times more in New Jersey than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts $1,288 · 27th of 49
NJ $5,370ND $204

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.