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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

Iowa 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?

$2,394

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,394 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $155 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$155$115 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$372 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $182 to $6,761Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $79 to $468
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,239professional $155

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
$199.53
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$371.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$588.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$380.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$389.05
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$316.23

Where Iowa 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 feeIowa $2,394 · 16th 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.