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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

Georgia 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?

$766

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $766 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $631 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$135$105 to $174
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$631$457 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $363 to $3,548Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $83 to $257
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $631professional $135

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
$151.36
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$173.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$177.83
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$346.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$676.08
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$331.13
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
$41.69
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.85
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
79 · Unrelated procedure after surgery
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 37th of 51

$766

$135 physician + $631 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.