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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

Oregon 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?

$483

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $483 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $288 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$195$145 to $263
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$288$245 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $174 to $2,884Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $110 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $288professional $195

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
$181.97
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$338.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$354.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,630.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$354.81
10 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
$54.95
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$20.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$100.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$40.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$151.36
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$30.20
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$20.42

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 49th of 51

$483

$195 physician + $288 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.