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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

Alabama 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 July 2026.

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

$1,394

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,394 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$135$83.18 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$891 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $562 to $2,188Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $76 to $229
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,259professional $135

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$251.19

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 22.4 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

Alabama· 30th of 51

$1,394

$135 physician + $1,259 facility

NJ $4,931MD $220

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.