Occipital nerve block cost in Duluth, MN
In Duluth, MN-WI, 11 hospitals list a cash price for occipital nerve block (injection for headaches): from $75.52 to $1,296.68, with a median of $585.42. The lowest listed price is at Community Memorial Hospital — $509.90 less than the median here. Across Minnesota, the median is $611.82 at 66 hospitals.
- The median here, $585.42, is 8% above the US median of $540.00.
- That is 1.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($313.60).
- Duluth, MN has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Minnesota with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 11 facilities across 8 cities for code 64405, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Aug 10, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Duluth, MN-WI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Memorial Hospital lowest Cloquet, MN · (218) 879-4641 UC INJ ANES NERVE BLOCK SOMATI File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $75.52 | $118.00 | $118.00–$612.50 | 36% |
| Community Memorial Hospital Cloquet, MN · (218) 879-4641 MDA-INJ,ANESTH;OCCIP NERVE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $98.00 | $153.12 | $118.00–$612.50 | 36% |
| Community Memorial Hospital Cloquet, MN · (218) 879-4641 MDA-SC,INJ,ANES,OCIP NERV,W/FC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $294.00 | $459.38 | $118.00–$612.50 | 36% |
| Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth, MN · (218) 249-2449 Injection Anes Greater Occipital Area File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $386.78 | $711.00 | — | 46% |
| Community Memorial Hospital Cloquet, MN · (218) 879-4641 MDA-INJ,ANESTH;OCCIPITAL NERVE+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $392.00 | $612.50 | $118.00–$612.50 | 36% |
| Essentia Health Virginia Virginia, MN · (218) 741-3340 INJ NERV BLCK,GREAT OCCIPTL(T) File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $557.04 | $887.00 | $204.01–$801.85 | 37% |
| Essentia Health Duluth Duluth, MN · (218) 786-2652 INJ NERV BLCK,GREAT OCCIPTL(T) File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $585.42 | $887.00 | $293.60–$762.82 | 34% |
| Essentia Health St. Mary's Children's Hospital Duluth, MN INJ NERV BLCK,GREAT OCCIPTL(T) File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $585.42 | $887.00 | $293.60–$762.82 | 34% |
| Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center Duluth, MN · (218) 786-3574 INJ NERV BLCK,GREAT OCCIPTL(T) File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $585.42 | $887.00 | $293.60–$762.82 | 34% |
| Essentia Health Moose Lake Moose Lake, MN · (218) 786-1367 INJ NERV BLCK,GREAT OCCIPTL(T) File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $654.75 | $886.00 | $352.63–$801.83 | 26% |
| Essentia Health Northern Pines Aurora, MN · (218) 229-4222 INJ NERV BLCK,GREAT OCCIPTL(T) File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $654.75 | $886.00 | $340.14–$886.00 | 26% |
| Essentia Health St Marys Hospital-Superior Superior, WI · (715) 817-7000 INJ NERV BLCK,GREAT OCCIPTL(T) File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $654.75 | $886.00 | $283.52–$801.83 | 26% |
| The Cook Hospital Cook, MN · (218) 666-5945 INJ GREATER OCCIPITAL NRVE BLK File of Aug 10, 2026 · source file | $663.96 | $1,006.00 | — | 34% |
| Range Regional Health Services Hibbing, MN · (218) 362-6730 HC INJECTION NERVE BLOCK, GREATER OCCIPITAL File of Jan 29, 2026 · source file | $1,296.68 | $3,051.00 | $263.00–$3,082.12 | 57% |
| Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital both sides Duluth, MN · (218) 249-2449 Injection Anes Greater Occipital Area|BILATERAL PROCEDURE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $580.18 | $1,066.50 | — | 46% |
Outpatient: lowest $75.52, median $585.42, highest $1,296.68 — a 17.2× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $580.18, median $580.18, highest $580.18.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $585.42. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 9 of 9 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. 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 occipital nerve block is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Occipital nerve block explained.