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Guided Epidural Injection in the Neck or Upper Back

Maryland 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 October 2026.

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

$637

Typical total for the visit. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $637 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $158 to the doctor who performs it, and $479 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$158$107 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$479$355 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,047Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $100 to $339
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $479professional $158

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$275.42
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$363.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$457.09
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$457.09
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$27.54

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 5.3 times more in New York than in Maine. 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

Maryland· 50th of 51

$637

$158 physician + $479 facility

NY $2,695ME $510

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.