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Nerve-Numbing Injection Into The Lower Spinal Canal

Washington, DC 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 physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $141 to $646.

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 $2,754 · 10th to 90th $141 to $7,762Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $135 to $490
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,754professional $309

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
$141.25
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$489.78
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$741.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$660.69

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 21st 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.