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Abdominal wall nerve block by continuous infusion, one side

CPT 64487the billing code this page is about

Placement of a catheter into the abdominal wall muscle layers on one side so numbing medicine can be delivered continuously.

Hospitals typically charge $756 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 496 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $745. Most fall between $209 and $1,438 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
496
States
47
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 496 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
$107$263$756$1,322$2,695

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 25× what the cheapest tenth charges ($107 vs $2,695).

How the prices are spread

$76 – $114: 32 hospitals$76$114 – $170: 16 hospitals$170 – $255: 50 hospitals$170$255 – $382: 39 hospitals$382 – $572: 58 hospitals$382$572 – $856: 48 hospitals$856 – $1,282: 94 hospitals$856$1,282 – $1,919: 62 hospitals$1,919 – $2,873: 34 hospitals$1,919$2,873 – $4,302: 15 hospitals$2,873median $756price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (448 of 496 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$76$11432
$114$17016
$170$25550
$255$38239
$382$57258
$572$85648
$856$1,28294
$1,282$1,91962
$1,919$2,87334
$2,873$4,30215

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $756.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,461 across 11 hospitalsWA$1,461Idaho: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,825 across 12 hospitalsMN$1,825Illinois: median $195 across 18 hospitalsIL$195Wisconsin: median $639 across 10 hospitalsWI$639Michigan: median $510 across 13 hospitalsMI$510New York: median $203 across 12 hospitalsNY$203Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $372 across 18 hospitalsOR$372Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $448 across 15 hospitalsIA$448Indiana: median $117 across 20 hospitalsIN$117Ohio: median $915 across 44 hospitalsOH$915Pennsylvania: median $58 across 21 hospitalsPA$58New Jersey: median $4,881 across 18 hospitalsNJ$4,881Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $521 across 44 hospitalsCA$521Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,377 across 10 hospitalsCO$1,377Nebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: median $251 across 14 hospitalsKY$251West Virginia: median $1,275 across 17 hospitalsWV$1,275Virginia: median $756 across 13 hospitalsVA$756Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $892 across 18 hospitalsSC$892Oklahoma: median $106 across 11 hospitalsOK$106Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $996 across 20 hospitalsGA$996Hawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $771 across 53 hospitalsTX$771Florida: median $941 across 10 hospitalsFL$941
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $756. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ18$4,881+546%$2,695 – $6,311
Minnesota MN12$1,825+141%$752 – $2,093
Washington WA11$1,461+93%$649 – $2,742
Colorado CO10$1,377+82%$846 – $1,377
West Virginia WV17$1,275+69%$1,063 – $1,438
Georgia GA20$996+32%$767 – $996
Florida FL10$941+24%$941 – $1,143
Ohio OH44$915+21%$403 – $1,511
South Carolina SC18$892+18%$647 – $892
Texas TX53$771+2%$274 – $1,982
Virginia VA13$7560%$378 – $1,110
Wisconsin WI10$639−16%$64 – $1,140
California CA44$521−31%$429 – $868
Michigan MI13$510−33%$81 – $1,067
Iowa IA15$448−41%$448 – $1,465
Oregon OR18$372−51%$222 – $757
Kentucky KY14$251−67%$175 – $646
New York NY12$203−73%$109 – $2,340
Illinois IL18$195−74%$175 – $1,512
Indiana IN20$117−85%$86 – $175
Oklahoma OK11$106−86%$106 – $786
Pennsylvania PA21$58−92%$40 – $1,370
Arizona AZ8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not 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 $756.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care413$868$235 – $1,630
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access69$263$136 – $1,062
Ownership
For-profit43$771$214 – $1,511
Government50$464$169 – $1,263
Non-profit402$771$222 – $1,465
System affiliation
Part of a system430$788$222 – $1,465
Independent66$365$143 – $979

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,140
Median cash price$756
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

382 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $756 and the average of the middle 60% is $761; most fall between $221 and $1,427.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 382 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
$170$295$756$1,321$2,201

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($170 vs $2,201).

Of the 411 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 382 gave a usable cash price; 10 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 18 a list price only.

How complete is this

496 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (13%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 562 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted496
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here29
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded35
Hospitals that filed this code562

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 Other non-OR or closed therapeutic nervous system procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Tap Block Unilateral by Continuous Infusion(S).

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, “Abdominal wall nerve block by continuous infusion, one side (CPT 64487) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-64487-abdominal-wall-nerve-block-by-continuous-infusion-one-side