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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

Michigan 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?

$642

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $642 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $129 to the doctor who performs it, and $513 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$129$105 to $178
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$513$457 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,549Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $23 to $200
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $513professional $129

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
$100.00
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$114.82
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$257.04
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$3,467.37
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$199.53
10 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
$50.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$16.60
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$89.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$36.31
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$134.90
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$26.92
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$18.20

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 45th of 51

$642

$129 physician + $513 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.