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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

Illinois 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?

$1,112

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,112 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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$135$110 to $191
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$692 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $447 to $2,512Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $79 to $245
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $977professional $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
$93.33
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$229.09
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$645.65
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$173.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04
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
$38.02
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.49

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 20th of 51

$1,112

$135 physician + $977 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.