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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

New Mexico 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?

$1,391

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,391 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $132 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$132$95.50 to $178
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$182 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $115 to $4,169Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $78 to $257
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $1,259professional $132

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
$117.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$309.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$190.55
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$239.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico $1,391 · 31st 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.