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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

Montana 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?

$396

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $396 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $251 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$145$123 to $214
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$251$129 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $126 to $617Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $81 to $251
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $251professional $145

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
$138.04
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$213.80
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$269.15
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$263.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15

Where Montana 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

Montana· 50th of 51

$396

$145 physician + $251 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.