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Guided Epidural Injection in the Neck or Upper Back

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 62321

This procedure injects medication, such as a steroid and/or numbing agent, into the epidural space surrounding the spinal cord in the neck or upper back, using real-time imaging to confirm accurate needle placement. It is often used to relieve pain from a pinched nerve or inflammation in this part of the spine.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Guided Epidural Injection in the Neck or Upper Back cost?

$1,523

Typical total for the visit. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,523 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$234$155 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$776 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $355 to $3,467Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $105 to $468
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $234

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
$338.84
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$549.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$407.38
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$407.38

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Louisiana· 40th of 51

$1,523

$234 physician + $1,288 facility

NJ $4,724MD $604

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.