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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 October 2026.

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

$921

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $921 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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$145$110 to $191
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$589 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $417 to $3,802Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $89 to $245
$100$1K$10Kfacility $776professional $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
$79.43
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$234.42
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$263.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$977.24
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03
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
$38.90
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$18.62

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 27th of 51

$921

$145 physician + $776 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.