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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 October 2026.

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

$123

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $79.43 to $162.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,047Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $76 to $204
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $513professional $110

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$144.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$208.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$263.03
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$239.88
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
$38.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.45

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Alaska than in Virginia. 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.

Maryland· 47th of 51

$123

AK $398VA $102

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.