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Guided Epidural Injection in the Neck or Upper Back

New Jersey 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?

$4,724

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,724 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$257$123 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$2,692 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $589 to $8,511Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $98 to $1,047
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $257

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
$478.63
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,445.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,471.29
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$676.08
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,698.24
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,235.94
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$512.86

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 1st of 51

$4,724

$257 physician + $4,467 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.