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Procedure price report · Insertion of catheter or spinal stimulator and injection into spinal canal

Femoral nerve block with pain catheter and infusion

CPT 64448the billing code this page is about

Placement of a small catheter next to the femoral nerve so numbing medicine can run continuously; the code covers catheter placement and starting the infusion, not each day of medication.

Hospitals typically charge $1,269 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,160 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,353. Most fall between $521 and $2,611 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,160
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,160 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$191$667$1,269$2,237$3,903

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 20× what the cheapest tenth charges ($191 vs $3,903).

How the prices are spread

$131 – $187: 58 hospitals$131$187 – $267: 18 hospitals$267 – $381: 39 hospitals$267$381 – $543: 77 hospitals$543 – $775: 91 hospitals$543$775 – $1,107: 166 hospitals$1,107 – $1,580: 190 hospitals$1,107$1,580 – $2,256: 186 hospitals$2,256 – $3,220: 96 hospitals$2,256$3,220 – $4,596: 126 hospitals$3,220median $1,269price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,047 of 1,160 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$131$18758
$187$26718
$267$38139
$381$54377
$543$77591
$775$1,107166
$1,107$1,580190
$1,580$2,256186
$2,256$3,22096
$3,220$4,596126

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$904
Median cash price$1,269
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.40×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,269.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,301 across 39 hospitalsWA$1,301Idaho: median $2,060 across 14 hospitalsID$2,060Montana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $876 across 44 hospitalsMN$876Illinois: median $1,184 across 42 hospitalsIL$1,184Wisconsin: median $1,448 across 47 hospitalsWI$1,448Michigan: median $1,144 across 49 hospitalsMI$1,144New York: median $1,054 across 37 hospitalsNY$1,054Massachusetts: median $2,887 across 15 hospitalsMA$2,887Oregon: median $2,004 across 28 hospitalsOR$2,004Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $1,610 across 10 hospitalsSD$1,610Iowa: median $634 across 29 hospitalsIA$634Indiana: median $916 across 31 hospitalsIN$916Ohio: median $2,225 across 65 hospitalsOH$2,225Pennsylvania: median $1,370 across 41 hospitalsPA$1,370New Jersey: median $3,786 across 31 hospitalsNJ$3,786Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,054 across 75 hospitalsCA$2,054Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,347 across 29 hospitalsCO$1,347Nebraska: median $1,472 across 16 hospitalsNE$1,472Missouri: median $1,238 across 22 hospitalsMO$1,238Kentucky: median $1,783 across 16 hospitalsKY$1,783West Virginia: median $80 across 12 hospitalsWV$80Virginia: median $1,287 across 39 hospitalsVA$1,287Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: median $1,722 across 13 hospitalsNM$1,722Kansas: median $761 across 13 hospitalsKS$761Arkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $753 across 19 hospitalsTN$753North Carolina: median $1,037 across 36 hospitalsNC$1,037South Carolina: median $1,893 across 25 hospitalsSC$1,893Oklahoma: median $649 across 28 hospitalsOK$649Louisiana: median $529 across 25 hospitalsLA$529Mississippi: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $864 across 43 hospitalsGA$864Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,577 across 102 hospitalsTX$1,577Florida: median $2,203 across 33 hospitalsFL$2,203
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,269. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ31$3,786+198%$986 – $5,339
Massachusetts MA15$2,887+128%$919 – $3,821
Ohio OH65$2,225+75%$775 – $3,991
Florida FL33$2,203+74%$510 – $4,138
Idaho ID14$2,060+62%$530 – $2,430
California CA75$2,054+62%$940 – $3,903
Oregon OR28$2,004+58%$161 – $2,539
South Carolina SC25$1,893+49%$696 – $1,893
Kentucky KY16$1,783+41%$657 – $3,575
New Mexico NM13$1,722+36%$251 – $2,618
South Dakota SD10$1,610+27%$923 – $2,191
Texas TX102$1,577+24%$1,201 – $2,887
Nebraska NE16$1,472+16%$835 – $1,809
Wisconsin WI47$1,448+14%$657 – $2,930
Pennsylvania PA41$1,370+8%$904 – $1,917
Colorado CO29$1,347+6%$534 – $3,343
Washington WA39$1,301+3%$345 – $2,632
Virginia VA39$1,287+1%$888 – $2,250
Missouri MO22$1,238−2%$668 – $4,200
Illinois IL42$1,184−7%$173 – $3,312
Michigan MI49$1,144−10%$64 – $1,386
New York NY37$1,054−17%$710 – $2,054
North Carolina NC36$1,037−18%$784 – $1,867
Indiana IN31$916−28%$587 – $1,484
Minnesota MN44$876−31%$519 – $2,212
Georgia GA43$864−32%$521 – $4,047
Kansas KS13$761−40%$155 – $833
Tennessee TN19$753−41%$251 – $1,106
Oklahoma OK28$649−49%$121 – $2,024
Iowa IA29$634−50%$158 – $1,809
Louisiana LA25$529−58%$318 – $1,133
West Virginia WV12$80−94%$79 – $1,110
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,269.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care895$1,383$649 – $2,875
Children’s31$2,293$329 – $4,603
Critical access229$876$191 – $1,900
Ownership
For-profit125$1,221$591 – $2,618
Government177$1,002$231 – $2,172
Non-profit853$1,327$572 – $2,824
System affiliation
Part of a system969$1,357$634 – $2,826
Independent191$942$221 – $2,128

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,407
Median cash price$1,269
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

844 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,383 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,482; most fall between $547 and $2,864.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 844 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$278$702$1,383$2,390$3,903

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($278 vs $3,903).

Of the 905 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 844 gave a usable cash price; 28 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 33 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,160 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (29%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,248 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,160
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here54
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded34
Hospitals that filed this code1,248

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Insertion of catheter or spinal stimulator and injection into spinal canal family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Injection Aa&/Strd Femoral Nerve Cont Nfs Cath.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Femoral nerve block with pain catheter and infusion (CPT 64448) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-64448-femoral-nerve-block-with-pain-catheter-and-infusion