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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

Arkansas 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?

$1,022

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,022 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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$151$107 to $195
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$468 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,318Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $89 to $219
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $871professional $151

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$199.53
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$251.19
7 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
$53.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$18.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
XE · Separate encounter + XP · Separate practitioner
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
XE · Separate encounter
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 23rd of 51

$1,022

$151 physician + $871 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.