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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

Alaska rates for HCPCS 62322

This procedure delivers a numbing medication, steroid, or both into the epidural space around the spinal nerves in the lower back or tailbone area, aiming to reduce pain and inflammation from conditions such as a herniated disc or spinal stenosis. It is performed by feel and anatomical landmarks rather than with live X-ray guidance to confirm needle placement. Relief can be temporary or longer-lasting depending on the underlying cause.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance cost?

$1,363

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,363 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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$316$234 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$832 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $550 to $5,888Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $117 to $646
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,047professional $316

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$478.63
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$933.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,511.89
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$758.58
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
$46.77
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$64.57

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.0 times more in New York than in North Dakota. 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

Alaska· 12th of 51

$1,363

$316 physician + $1,047 facility

NY $2,762ND $346

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.