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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

Kentucky 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?

$939

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $939 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $107 to the doctor who performs it, and $832 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$107$81.28 to $151
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$832$331 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $107 to $2,818Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $71 to $209
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $832professional $107

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
$66.07
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$162.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$102.33
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$812.83
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$707.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$218.78
11 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.30
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$100.00

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 26th of 51

$939

$107 physician + $832 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.