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Nerve Block For Deep Pelvic Pain

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 64517

Numbing medicine is injected around a bundle of nerves lying deep in front of the lower spine that carries pain signals from the pelvic organs. Imaging is used to place the needle accurately before the medication is given. It is used both to work out whether pain is traveling along these nerves and to relieve it, including long-standing pelvic pain and pain from pelvic cancer.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nerve Block For Deep Pelvic Pain cost?

$200

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $129 to $490.

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 $200 to $4,571Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $120 to $302
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $191

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
$199.53
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$245.47
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$436.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$407.38

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in Oklahoma 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.

Washington, DC· 29th of 51

$200

OK $490DE $170

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.