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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 October 2026.

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

$700

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $700 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 to the doctor who performs it, and $562 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$138$115 to $200
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$562$347 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $79 to $1,738Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $91 to $219
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $562professional $138

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
$288.40
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$229.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$213.80
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$251.19
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
$61.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$21.88

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 41st of 51

$700

$138 physician + $562 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.