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Nerve-Numbing Injection Into The Lower Spinal Canal

Louisiana 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?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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 5 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$282$182 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$832 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $427 to $3,467Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $141 to $479
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $282

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
$426.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$478.63
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$524.81

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 11th of 51

$363

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.