Occipital nerve block cost in Los Angeles, CA
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 25 hospitals list a cash price for occipital nerve block (injection for headaches): from $165.90 to $4,626.25, with a median of $878.80. The lowest listed price is at Providence Little Co of Mary Medical Center San Pedro and 1 other hospital — $712.90 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $878.80 at 80 hospitals.
Cash prices at 25 facilities across 21 cities for code 64405, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 26, 2025 and Sep 1, 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Little Co of Mary Medical Center San Pedro lowest San Pedro, CA · (310) 832-3311 HC ED NERVE BLOCK INJ OCCIPITAL CDM | $165.90 | $474.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance lowest Torrance, CA · (310) 540-7676 HC ED NERVE BLOCK INJ OCCIPITAL CDM | $165.90 | $474.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana, CA · (818) 881-0800 HC ED NERVE BLOCK INJ OCCIPITAL CDM | $182.70 | $522.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills, CA · (818) 365-8051 HC ED NERVE BLOCK INJ OCCIPITAL CDM | $290.50 | $830.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| USC Arcadia Hospital Arcadia, CA · (626) 898-8000 N BLOCK INJ OCCIPITAL | $320.95 | $917.00 | $283.44–$1,668.00 | 65% | Jul 27, 2026 source file |
| Sherman Oaks Hospital Sherman Oaks, CA · (818) 981-7111 OCCIPTAL NERVE BLOCK | $392.00 | $515.00 | $90.25–$515.00 | 24% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| La Palma Intercommunity Hospital La Palma, CA · (714) 670-7400 Hc Inj Nerv Blck, Greater Occipital | $392.00 | $1,863.80 | $90.25–$1,863.80 | 79% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| St Jude Hospital Fullerton, CA · (714) 992-3000 HC ED NERVE BLOCK INJ OCCIPITAL CDM | $474.72 | $989.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica, CA · (310) 829-5511 HC ED NERVE BLOCK INJ OCCIPITAL CDM | $510.30 | $1,458.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA · (714) 633-9111 HC ED NERVE BLOCK INJ OCCIPITAL CDM | $658.56 | $1,372.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital Marina del Rey, CA · (310) 823-8911 OPG - 0 | $760.70 | $1,170.31 | $1,372.22–$2,912.68 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital Marina del Rey, CA · (310) 823-8911 Ambulatory Surgery û Cigna Grouper Schedule* Grouper 1 | $760.70 | $1,170.31 | $1,372.22–$2,912.68 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital Marina del Rey, CA · (310) 823-8911 Outpatient Surgery Group 1 Global Rate | $760.70 | $1,170.31 | $2,831.00–$3,903.00 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital Marina del Rey, CA · (310) 823-8911 Outpatient Surgical Services | $760.70 | $1,170.31 | $1,372.22–$2,912.68 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank, CA · (818) 843-5111 HC INJECTION AA&/STRD GREATER OCCIPITAL NERVE | $847.70 | $2,422.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank, CA · (818) 843-5111 HC ED NERVE BLOCK INJ OCCIPITAL CDM | $847.70 | $2,422.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · (323) 783-4011 INJECTION AA&/STRD GREATER OCCIPITAL NERVE | $878.80 | $1,690.00 | $293.00–$871.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Irvine Irvine, CA INJECTION AA&/STRD GREATER OCCIPITAL NERVE | $878.80 | $1,690.00 | $293.00–$871.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City Panorama City, CA · (818) 375-2000 INJECTION AA&/STRD GREATER OCCIPITAL NERVE | $878.80 | $1,690.00 | $293.00–$871.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey, CA · (562) 461-6007 INJECTION AA&/STRD GREATER OCCIPITAL NERVE | $878.80 | $1,690.00 | $293.00–$871.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim Anaheim, CA · (714) 279-4000 INJECTION AA&/STRD GREATER OCCIPITAL NERVE | $878.80 | $1,690.00 | $293.00–$871.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay Harbor City, CA · (310) 325-5111 INJECTION AA&/STRD GREATER OCCIPITAL NERVE | $878.80 | $1,690.00 | $293.00–$871.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Baldwin Park, CA · (626) 851-1011 INJECTION AA&/STRD GREATER OCCIPITAL NERVE | $878.80 | $1,690.00 | $293.00–$871.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West la Los Angeles, CA · (213) 857-2201 INJECTION AA&/STRD GREATER OCCIPITAL NERVE | $878.80 | $1,690.00 | $293.00–$871.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills, CA · (818) 719-3800 INJECTION AA&/STRD GREATER OCCIPITAL NERVE | $878.80 | $1,690.00 | $293.00–$871.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 Outpatient Surgical Group 0 | $1,365.34 | $2,100.52 | $2,806.68–$9,827.82 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 Outpatient Grouper - 0 | $1,365.34 | $2,100.52 | $2,806.68–$9,827.82 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 HB INJ ANESTH/STEROID GRTR OCCPTL NRV | $1,365.34 | $2,100.52 | $367.57–$9,827.82 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 OUTPATIENT SURGERY CPT GROUP 1 | $1,365.34 | $2,100.52 | $6,417.00–$7,038.00 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
| USC Kenneth Norris Jr Cancer Hospital Los Angeles, CA Njx Aa+/Strd Gr Ocpl Nrv | $1,418.50 | $1,418.50 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA · (949) 364-1400 HC ED NERVE BLOCK INJ OCCIPITAL CDM | $1,472.64 | $3,068.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Keck Hospital of USC Los Angeles, CA · (323) 442-8656 Njx Aa+/Strd Gr Ocpl Nrv | $4,626.25 | $4,626.25 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $165.90, median $878.80, highest $4,626.25 — a 27.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 22 facilities here, median $878.80. 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 5 of 14 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 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 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 64405 ($554.50). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| UCI Health-Orange Orange, CAHB INJECTION AA&/STRD GREATER OCCIPITAL NERVE | $52.00 | file |