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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

North Dakota 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?

$346

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $346 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $151 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$195$151 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$151$110 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $85 to $1,738Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $117 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $151professional $195

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
$85.11
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$309.03
8 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
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$15.14

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 51st of 51

$346

$195 physician + $151 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.