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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

Maryland 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?

$220

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $220 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $85.11 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$135$81.28 to $170
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$85.11$77.62 to $135

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $43 to $1,514Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $78 to $224
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $85professional $135

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
$42.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$213.80
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$263.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$269.15
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$218.78

Where Maryland 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 feeMaryland $220 · 51st 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.