Total costs and CPT codes for four anesthesia and pain management services:
Editor’s note: The total cost is the “Medicare approved amount.” In Original Medicare, Medicare generally pays 80 percent of this amount and the patient pays 20 percent.
64415: Injection of anesthetic agent, brachial (arm) nerve bundle
ASC: $394
HOPD: $764
64450: Injection of anesthetic agent, other peripheral nerve or branch
ASC: $49
HOPD: $598
64479: Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into upper or middle spine nerve root using imaging guidance
ASC: $394
HOPD: $764
62323: Injection of substance into spinal canal of lower back or sacrum using imaging guidance
ASC: $308
HOPD: $598
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