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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

South Dakota 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?

$665

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $665 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $447 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$219$170 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$447$186 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $110 to $759Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $117 to $407
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $447professional $219

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
$85.11
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,230.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$354.81
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$346.74
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$426.58
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$354.81
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
$32.36
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$13.18

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 43rd of 51

$665

$219 physician + $447 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.