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Lower Back Joint Injection, Ultrasound-Guided

Tennessee 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$170$162 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$1,096 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $603 to $3,981Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $117 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,622professional $170

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$354.81

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 45th of 51

$178

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.