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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

Missouri 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?

$1,277

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,277 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $129 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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$93.33 to $219
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$457 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $145 to $3,631Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $79 to $589
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,148professional $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
$141.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$218.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04
6 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
$33.11
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$77.62

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 15th of 51

$1,277

$129 physician + $1,148 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.