Surgery and procedures CPT 64405 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Occipital nerve block cost in Dubuque, IA — inpatient

In Dubuque, IA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for occipital nerve block (injection for headaches) as an inpatient: from $180.80 to $180.80, with a median of $180.80. Across Iowa, the median is $219.00 at 26 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 64405, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 28, 2026 and Jan 28, 2026.

Lowest$180.80The Finley Hospital
Median$180.80half pay less
Highest$180.80in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Dubuque, IA.

median
Lowest $180.80Highest $1,413.80
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
The Finley Hospital lowest Dubuque, IA · (563) 582-1881 PR INJECTION AA&/STRD GREATER OCCIPITAL NERVE $180.80 $226.00 $46.36–$207.92 20% Jan 28, 2026
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The Finley Hospital Dubuque, IA · (563) 582-1881 HC INJ ANESTH/STER GREATER OCCIPITAL NERVE $706.90 $883.62 $466.55–$706.90 20% Jan 28, 2026
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The Finley Hospital both sides Dubuque, IA · (563) 582-1881 HC INJ ANESTH GREATER OCCIP NRV PAIN BILAT $1,413.80 $1,767.24 $933.10–$1,413.79 20% Jan 28, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $180.80, median $180.80, highest $180.80.

Both sides : lowest $1,413.80, median $1,413.80, highest $1,413.80.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $180.80 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

An occipital nerve block injects numbing medicine, often with a steroid, near the nerves at the back of the head to treat some headaches and migraines.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the injection. The steroid or other medicine may be billed separately.