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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 October 2026.

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

$1,664

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,664 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $115 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$115$89.13 to $174
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$776 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $331 to $5,370Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $56 to $234
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,549professional $115

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
$89.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$239.88
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$245.47
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,311.31
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$199.53
5 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
$44.67
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$17.38

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 7th of 51

$1,664

$115 physician + $1,549 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.