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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

New Jersey 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 July 2026.

How much does Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance cost?

$4,931

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,931 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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$145$89.13 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$3,311 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $257 to $10,471Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $76 to $562
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $4,786professional $145

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$436.52
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$302.00

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 22.4 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeNew Jersey $4,931 · 1st of 51
NJ $4,931MD $220

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.