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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

Colorado 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?

$3,149

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,149 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $129 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$129$87.10 to $174
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$776 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $129 to $6,607Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $76 to $282
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,020professional $129

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
$128.82
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$275.42
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$239.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$1,174.90
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$316.23
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$288.40

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 22.4 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeColorado $3,149 · 9th of 51
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.