Lower Back Joint Injection, Ultrasound-Guided

Alabama rates for HCPCS 0216T

Numbing medicine, and often a steroid with it, is injected into one of the small paired joints linking the bones of the lower back or the area near the tailbone, or into the tiny nerves that carry sensation from that joint. Ultrasound is held against the back during the injection so the needle can be watched on screen and placed accurately. The aim is to settle pain from that joint and to help show whether it really is the source of the pain, and this covers a single level of the spine.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lower Back Joint Injection, Ultrasound-Guided cost?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed by	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	A doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	$170	$166 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	A hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	$1,259	$891 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $562 to $2,188Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $129 to $204

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $562.34 Median $954.99 Typical High $2,398.83	Facility	Global	$562.34	$954.99	$2,398.83
Aetna Setting Professional Modifier Global Typical Low $112.20 Median $169.82 Typical High $204.17	Professional	Global	$112.20	$169.82	$204.17
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,174.90 Median $1,412.54 Typical High $1,905.46	Facility	Global	$1,174.90	$1,412.54	$1,905.46
Cigna Setting Professional Modifier Global Typical Low $912.01 Median $912.01 Typical High $912.01	Professional	Global	$912.01	$912.01	$912.01
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $407.38 Median $1,174.90 Typical High $2,511.89	Facility	Global	$407.38	$1,174.90	$2,511.89
United Setting Professional Modifier Global Typical Low $138.04 Median $177.83 Typical High $309.03	Professional	Global	$138.04	$177.83	$309.03

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 25.7 times more in California than in Minnesota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alabama· 43rd of 51

$182

CA $3,090MN $120

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.