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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

Massachusetts 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?

$1,341

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,341 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$166$107 to $234
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$112 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $89 to $3,715Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $81 to $363
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,175professional $166

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
$169.82
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$239.88
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,801.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$346.74
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$288.40
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$380.19
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$977.24
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,801.89
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$398.11

Where Massachusetts 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 feeMassachusetts $1,341 · 32nd 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.