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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

Nebraska 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?

$1,122

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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$145$107 to $251
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$575 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $447 to $4,266Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $74 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $977professional $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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,230.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$363.08
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$371.54
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
$37.15
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
XU · Unusual separate service
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 19th of 51

$1,122

$145 physician + $977 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.