Occipital nerve block cost in Pittsburgh, PA
In Pittsburgh, PA, 13 hospitals list a cash price for occipital nerve block (injection for headaches): from $353.00 to $1,939.20, with a median of $951.00. The lowest listed price is at Uniontown Hospital — $598.00 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $635.76 at 55 hospitals.
Cash prices at 13 facilities across 8 cities for code 64405, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 25, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 6, 2026 and Apr 14, 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 Pittsburgh, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uniontown Hospital lowest Uniontown, PA · (724) 430-5000 NJX AA&/STRD GR OCPL NRV | $353.00 | $706.00 | $38.50–$693.20 | 50% | — source file |
| Uniontown Hospital Uniontown, PA · (724) 430-5000 INJECTION OF ANESTHETIC AGENT AND/OR STEROID INTO UPPER NECK AND BACK OF HEAD NERVE | $383.50 | $767.00 | $38.50–$693.20 | 50% | — source file |
| UPMC Jameson New Castle, PA · (724) 656-4100 INJ ANES OCCIPITAL NERVE | $664.80 | $1,108.00 | $38.50–$1,047.14 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Jameson New Castle, PA · (724) 656-4100 OCCIPITAL NERVE BLOCK | $664.80 | $1,108.00 | $38.50–$1,047.14 | 40% | — source file |
| AHN Wexford Hospital Wexford, PA · (412) 295-3319 HC INJ ANES/STER GRTR OCCIP NRV | $830.28 | $1,122.00 | $36.75–$1,241.60 | 26% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| West Penn Hospital Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 578-5000 HC INJ ANES/STER GRTR OCCIP NRV | $862.13 | $1,181.00 | $36.75–$1,241.60 | 27% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Jefferson Regional Medical Center Jefferson Hills, PA · (412) 469-5000 HC INJ ANES/STER GRTR OCCIP NRV | $908.82 | $1,122.00 | $36.75–$1,241.60 | 19% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 232-8111 INJ ANES OCCIPITAL NERVE | $945.60 | $1,576.00 | $38.50–$2,072.59 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 232-8111 OCCIPITAL NERVE BLOCK | $945.60 | $1,576.00 | $38.50–$2,072.59 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Passavant - McCandless Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 367-6700 HC INJ GREATER OCCIPITAL NRV | $951.00 | $1,585.00 | $38.50–$2,014.38 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Passavant - McCandless Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 367-6700 HC OCCIPITAL NERVE BLOCK | $951.00 | $1,585.00 | $38.50–$2,014.38 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Passavant - McCandless Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 367-6700 HC INJ GREATER OCCIPITAL NERVE | $951.00 | $1,585.00 | $38.50–$2,014.38 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC St Margaret Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 784-4000 INJ ANES OCCIPITAL NERVE | $1,141.20 | $1,902.00 | $38.50–$2,014.38 | 40% | — source file |
| Highlands Hospital Connellsville, PA · (724) 628-1500 INJECT OCCIPITAL NERVE | $1,544.40 | $2,574.00 | $867.44–$2,007.72 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC McKeesport McKeesport, PA · (412) 664-2000 OCCIPITAL NERVE BLOCK | $1,624.80 | $2,708.00 | $38.50–$2,301.80 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 641-4010 HC OCCIPITAL NERVE BLOCK | $1,855.20 | $3,092.00 | $38.50–$2,844.64 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 641-4010 HC INJ GREATER OCCIPITAL NRV | $1,855.20 | $3,092.00 | $38.50–$2,844.64 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC East Monroeville, PA · (412) 357-3000 OCCIPITAL NERVE BLOCK | $1,902.00 | $3,170.00 | $38.50–$2,536.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 647-2345 INJ ANES OCCIPITAL NERVE | $1,939.20 | $3,232.00 | $38.50–$2,747.20 | 40% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 647-2345 OCCIPITAL NERVE BLOCK | $1,939.20 | $3,232.00 | $38.50–$2,747.20 | 40% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| Highlands Hospital Connellsville, PA · (724) 628-1500 HYSTEROSCOPE PRECEDURE KITPOLYPECTOMY | $2,144.40 | $3,574.00 | $1,204.44–$2,787.72 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $353.00, median $951.00, highest $1,939.20 — a 5.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $1,046.10. 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 13 of 13 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are 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.
| Jefferson Regional Medical Center Jefferson Hills, PAPR INJECTION AA&/STRD GREATER OCCIPITAL NERVE | $28.31 | file |
| AHN Wexford Hospital Wexford, PAPR INJECTION AA&/STRD GREATER OCCIPITAL NERVE | $38.74 | file |
| West Penn Hospital Pittsburgh, PAPR INJECTION AA&/STRD GREATER OCCIPITAL NERVE | $40.23 | file |