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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

Minnesota 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?

$789

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $789 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $550 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$240$162 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$550$363 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $138 to $3,311Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $123 to $479
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $550professional $240

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
$77.62
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$549.54
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,023.29
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$446.68

Where Minnesota 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 feeMinnesota $789 · 39th 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.