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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

Delaware 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?

$663

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $663 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $126 to the doctor who performs it, and $537 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$126$89.13 to $170
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$537$372 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,698Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $78 to $195
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $537professional $126

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
$77.62
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$194.98
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
$38.90
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$13.80

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 44th of 51

$663

$126 physician + $537 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.