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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 July 2026.

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

$1,003

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,003 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $132 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$132$100 to $178
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$794 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,820Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $78 to $219
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $871professional $132

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
$147.91
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$199.53
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$257.04

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 37th of 51

$1,003

$132 physician + $871 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.