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Nerve-Numbing Injection Into The Lower Spinal Canal

Virginia 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $575 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 8 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$162 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$200 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $151 to $5,888Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $135 to $603
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $575professional $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
$245.47
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$537.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$549.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$2,454.71
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$575.44

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 39th of 51

$288

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.