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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 July 2026.

How much does Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance cost?

$1,316

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,316 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $141 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$141$100 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$282 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $135 to $5,370Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $79 to $263
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,175professional $141

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
$131.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$245.47
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,000.00
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$173.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$269.15

Where Illinois 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 feeIllinois $1,316 · 34th 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.