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Guided Epidural Injection in the Neck or Upper Back

Virginia 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?

$1,573

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,573 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$224$123 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$251 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $132 to $4,677Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $102 to $468
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $224

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
$186.21
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$478.63
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
$104.71
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$446.68
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$2,691.53
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$457.09

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 38th of 51

$1,573

$224 physician + $1,349 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.