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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 October 2026.

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

$676

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $447 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$229$151 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$447$182 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $76 to $2,512Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $120 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $447professional $229

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
$75.86
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$478.63
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$478.63
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.18

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 42nd of 51

$676

$229 physician + $447 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.