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Guided Epidural Injection in the Neck or Upper Back

Michigan 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?

$1,675

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,675 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$229$135 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$631 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $178 to $2,884Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $100 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $229

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
$177.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$446.68
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$457.09
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$186.21
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$380.19
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 33rd of 51

$1,675

$229 physician + $1,445 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.