CPT code 64417: Axillary nerve block, image guidance included2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Vermont

In Vermont, Medicare pays $182.51 for 64417 in the office and $59.17 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

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Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 64417 covers

This service places anesthetic, sometimes with steroid, around the axillary nerve to interrupt shoulder-region sensation. Pain specialists and anesthesiologists may perform it for diagnostic or therapeutic shoulder pain care, or for analgesia around shoulder surgery. The nerve’s relationship to the humerus and deltoid makes ultrasound or other imaging useful for locating the target; imaging guidance is included in the procedure when performed.

Choose this code when the documented target is the axillary nerve, rather than the brachial plexus or another shoulder nerve. The record should identify the side, clinical indication, nerve target, injectate, and any guidance used. CMS assigns a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. For bilateral treatment, modifier 50 is paid at 150%. In a same-session multiple-procedure claim, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50%. Assistant-at-surgery payment is restricted, and co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Vermont compares for 64417

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 64417 runs from $164.35 in Arkansas to $250.15 in San Benito County, CA. Vermont pays $182.51. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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64417 rates by state

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How the 64417 rate is calculated

Each of 64417’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 64417

The CMS indicators that decide how 64417 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 50

Codes related to 64417

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 64417 has changed in Vermont

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Where the Vermont rate applies

Vermont is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 180 cities and communities in Vermont. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Albany
• Alburgh
• Algiers
• Arlington
• Ascutney
• Bakersfield
• Barnet
• Barre

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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