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Nerve-Numbing Injection Into The Lower Spinal Canal

Iowa 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?

$437

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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$347$209 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$676 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $316 to $6,761Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $141 to $933
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $347

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
$446.68
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,089.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$794.33
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$741.31

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$437

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.