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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

South Carolina 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?

$1,547

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,547 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$135$95.50 to $178
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$162 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $95 to $9,772Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $78 to $245
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $135

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
$95.50
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$234.42
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$251.19

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 22.4 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. 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

South Carolina· 28th of 51

$1,547

$135 physician + $1,413 facility

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.