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Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Root Injection, Lower Spine

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 0230T

Numbing medicine and/or steroid is injected next to a spinal nerve where it leaves the spine in the lower back or the sacrum, into the space just outside the covering of the spinal cord. Ultrasound is used to see the structures and steer the needle. It is done to calm pain, tingling or weakness traveling into the buttock or leg, and covers one level of the spine.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Root Injection, Lower Spine cost?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 from a hospital or other facility.

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 17 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$479$447 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$1,202 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $589 to $5,370Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $229 to $479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,071.52
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,623.41
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,122.02
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,265.80
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70,794.58
Median
$70,794.58
Typical High
$70,794.58
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74,131.02
Median
$74,131.02
Typical High
$74,131.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$223.87
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$389.05
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$281.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$478.63
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,071.52
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$70.79
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$288.40
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$776.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 2344.2 times more in Kentucky than in South Carolina. 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.

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KY $70,795SC $30.20

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.