go back

Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

Indiana 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?

$2,008

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,008 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $102 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$102$85.11 to $151
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$646 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $339 to $5,129Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $72 to $195
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $102

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
$87.10
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$162.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,165.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$114.82
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$1,000.00
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,089.30
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$239.88
6 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
$53.70
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$104.71

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 4th of 51

$2,008

$102 physician + $1,905 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.