Occipital nerve block cost in Louisiana
In Louisiana, 34 hospitals publish a cash price for occipital nerve block (injection for headaches): from $69.96 to $22,351.37, with a median of $258.30. The lowest price is at Ochsner Clinic Foundation (New Orleans). The highest price is 319.5× the lowest.
- The median here, $258.30, is 52% below the US median of $540.00.
- That is 0.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($313.60).
- Louisiana has the lowest median of 48 states with at least 5 hospitals pricing this code.
- 1 of 34 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 64405. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 10, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$69.96Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Median$258.30half of hospitals charge less
Highest$22,351.37in Louisiana
Lowest saves$188.34vs the median
Hospitals in Louisiana, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation lowest New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC NERVE BLOCK INJ, ANES/STEROID, OCCIPITAL | $69.96 | $318.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge Baton Rouge · Baton Rouge, LA HC NERVE BLOCK INJ, ANES/STEROID, OCCIPITAL | $96.96 | $303.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Shreveport · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA HC NERVE BLOCK INJ, ANES/STEROID, OCCIPITAL | $104.26 | $401.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center Shreveport · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA HC NERVE BLOCK INJ, ANES/STEROID, OCCIPITAL | $112.28 | $401.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| New Orleans East Hospital New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Injection of Anesthetic Agent Greater Occipital Nerve | $144.00 | $900.00 | Jun 24, 2026 source file |
| Touro Infirmary New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Injection of Anesthetic Agent Greater Occipital Nerve | $183.12 | $1,308.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Acadian Medical Center Eunice · Lafayette, LA INJ ANES AGENT AND/OR STEROID GREAT OCCI | $187.05 | $623.50 | Jun 9, 2026 source file |
| St Charles Parish Hospital Luling · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC NERVE BLOCK INJ, ANES/STEROID, OCCIPITAL | $200.34 | $742.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bayou Bend Health System Franklin · Morgan City, LA Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into upper neck and back of head nerve | $202.30 | $289.00 | Sep 15, 2026 source file |
| Acadia General Hospital Crowley · Lafayette, LA HC NERVE BLOCK INJ, ANES/STEROID, OCCIPITAL | $207.23 | $901.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge · Lafayette, LA HC NERVE BLOCK INJ, ANES/STEROID, OCCIPITAL | $220.20 | $734.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette · Lafayette, LA HC NERVE BLOCK INJ, ANES/STEROID, OCCIPITAL | $232.18 | $893.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette · Lafayette, LA HC NERVE BLOCK INJ, ANES/STEROID, OCCIPITAL | $236.88 | $1,128.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| West Feliciana Parish Hospital one side St Francisville · Baton Rouge, LA BLOCK OCCIPITAL NERVE-LT | $248.35 | $413.91 | May 11, 2026 source file |
| East Jefferson General Hospital Metairie · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Injection of Anesthetic Agent Greater Occipital Nerve | $258.30 | $1,845.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Lakeside Hospital Metairie · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Injection of Anesthetic Agent Greater Occipital Nerve | $258.30 | $1,845.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Lakeview Hospital Covington · Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Injection of Anesthetic Agent Greater Occipital Nerve | $258.30 | $1,845.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Tulane Medical Center New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Injection of Anesthetic Agent Greater Occipital Nerve | $258.30 | $1,845.00 | Jun 25, 2026 source file |
| Glenwood Regional Medical Center - HSA one side West Monroe · Monroe, LA INJ ANES GRTR OCCIP NERVE RT | $279.24 | $782.81 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| West Jefferson Medical Center Marrero · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Injection of Anesthetic Agent Greater Occipital Nerve | $300.64 | $1,879.00 | Jun 30, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC NERVE BLOCK INJ, ANES/STEROID, OCCIPITAL | $309.40 | $1,105.00 | Sep 16, 2026 source file |
| Leonard J Chabert Medical Center Houma · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA HC NERVE BLOCK INJ, ANES/STEROID, OCCIPITAL | $312.55 | $665.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital Kaplan · Lafayette, LA HC NERVE BLOCK INJ, ANES/STEROID, OCCIPITAL | $330.30 | $734.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| University Med Center New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Injection of Anesthetic Agent Greater Occipital Nerve | $346.94 | $1,577.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Childrens Hospital New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Injection of Anesthetic Agent Greater Occipital Nerve | $357.75 | $1,325.00 | Jun 24, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner St Anne General Hospital Raceland · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA HC NERVE BLOCK INJ, ANES/STEROID, OCCIPITAL | $382.80 | $870.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center Independence · Hammond, LA NJX AA&/STRD GR OCPL NRV | $414.87 | $691.45 | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC NERVE BLOCK INJ, ANES/STEROID, OCCIPITAL | $503.36 | $1,573.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Terrebonne General Medical Center - Parish Houma · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA HC NERVE BLOCK INJ ANES/STEROID OCCIPITAL | $546.16 | $737.75 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| North Oaks Medical Center Drive. Hammond · Hammond, LA Inject(S) Anes and/or Steroid; Greater Occipital | $582.62 | $2,137.00 | Oct 20, 2026 source file |
| Louisiana Extended Care of Natchitoches Natchitoches · Natchitoches, LA INJ ANESTH; GREATER OCCIPITAL | $590.00 | $590.00 | Oct 25, 2026 source file |
| Physicians Medical Center F Houma · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA OCCIPITAL BLOCK | $626.65 | $904.00 | Sep 24, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner St Mary Morgan City · Baton Rouge, LA HC NERVE BLOCK INJ, ANES/STEROID, OCCIPITAL | $631.20 | $3,156.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Omega Hospital Metairie · New Orleans-Metairie, LA INJECTION ANESTHETIC AGENT GREATER OCCIPITAL NRV | $22,351.37 | $38,316.63 | May 26, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 13 | $69.96 | $258.30 |
| Lafayette, LA | 6 | $187.05 | $226.19 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 4 | $312.55 | $464.48 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 3 | $96.96 | $248.35 |
| Hammond, LA | 2 | $414.87 | $498.74 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 2 | $104.26 | $108.27 |
| Monroe, LA | 1 | $279.24 | $279.24 |
| Morgan City, LA | 1 | $202.30 | $202.30 |
| Natchitoches, LA | 1 | $590.00 | $590.00 |
| Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 1 | $258.30 | $258.30 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What occipital nerve block is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Occipital nerve block explained.
Occipital nerve block (injection for headaches) in other states
- Alabama$475.75
- Alaska$820.50
- Arizona$367.76
- Arkansas$410.30
- California$878.80
- Colorado$706.16
- Connecticut$804.10
- Delaware$1,205.40, 4 hospitals
- District of Columbia$421.95, 3 hospitals
- Florida$904.61
- Georgia$868.80
- Hawaii$1,472.10
- Idaho$406.20
- Illinois$520.00
- Indiana$604.29
- Iowa$544.00
- Kansas$399.10
- Kentucky$441.99
- Maine$299.85
- Maryland$559.09, 4 hospitals
- Massachusetts$892.00
- Michigan$517.00
- Minnesota$611.82
- Mississippi$273.48
- Missouri$380.10
- Montana$293.55
- Nebraska$424.00
- Nevada$342.60
- New Hampshire$381.98
- New Jersey$1,345.00
- New Mexico$400.50
- New York$473.55
- North Carolina$594.50
- North Dakota$359.78
- Ohio$787.15
- Oklahoma$381.38
- Oregon$371.71
- Pennsylvania$564.45
- Puerto Rico$1,050.00, 1 hospital
- Rhode Island$939.43
- South Carolina$729.00
- South Dakota$762.00
- Tennessee$288.45
- Texas$427.05
- Utah$538.58
- Vermont$511.49
- Virginia$549.60
- Washington$663.00
- West Virginia$366.75
- Wisconsin$462.15
- Wyoming$491.23
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.