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Nerve-Numbing Injection Into The Lower Spinal Canal

Colorado 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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 7 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$263$148 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,175 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $251 to $6,607Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $138 to $513
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $263

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
$302.00
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$588.84
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$562.34
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,479.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$758.58
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$575.44

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 16th of 51

$331

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.