go back

Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

Ohio 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?

$745

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $745 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $129 to the doctor who performs it, and $617 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$129$89.13 to $182
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$617$427 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $240 to $3,715Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $71 to $234
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $617professional $129

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
$128.82
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,311.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$131.83
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$213.80
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$213.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$263.03
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$295.12
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$245.47
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
$35.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.45
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 39th of 51

$745

$129 physician + $617 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.