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Lower Back Joint Injection, Ultrasound-Guided

Maryland 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?

$191

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $158 to $204.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $112 to $537Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $123 to $316
$100$200$500facility $155professional $191

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$269.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$338.84

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 37th of 51

$191

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.