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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

Louisiana 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?

$1,397

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,397 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$138$110 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$661 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $229 to $3,467Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $79 to $229
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,259professional $138

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
$218.78
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$213.80
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$251.19

Where Louisiana 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 feeLouisiana $1,397 · 29th 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.