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Nerve-Numbing Injection Into The Lower Spinal Canal

Alaska rates for HCPCS 62282

This procedure injects a substance into the lower back's spinal canal that permanently interrupts pain signals traveling along nearby nerves. It's used for severe, hard-to-control pain, most often in people with advanced cancer, when other pain treatments haven't been enough. The effect is intended to be long-lasting rather than temporary.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nerve-Numbing Injection Into The Lower Spinal Canal cost?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $457 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 6 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$501$288 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$257 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $158 to $1,995Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,413
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $457professional $501

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
$478.63
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$954.99
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,584.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,621.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Hawaii than in Kentucky. 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.

Alaska· 4th of 51

$490

HI $1,122KY $245

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.