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Continuous Abdominal Wall Nerve Block, Both Sides

Maine rates for HCPCS 64489

Numbs the nerves supplying the abdominal wall on both sides by placing fine catheters into the layer between the abdominal muscles and running local anesthetic through them continuously. Ultrasound is used to guide the needles into place when needed. Treating both sides covers pain right across the middle of the abdomen, which a one-sided block cannot reach.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Continuous Abdominal Wall Nerve Block, Both Sides cost?

$660

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $660 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $525 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$135$93.33 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$525$501 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $501 to $708Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $85 to $501
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $525professional $135

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$331.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$512.86
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$660.69
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$354.81
10 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
$45.71
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$33.11
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$165.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$66.07
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$251.19
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$50.12
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$33.11

Where Maine sits

The same service costs 12.3 times more in Hawaii 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Maine· 34th of 51

$660

$135 physician + $525 facility

HI $3,207KY $261

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.