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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

North Carolina 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?

$805

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $805 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $575 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$155 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$575$407 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,905Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $115 to $398
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $575professional $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
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$281.84
7 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
$39.81
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$199.53

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 34th of 51

$805

$229 physician + $575 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.