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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 July 2026.

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

$369

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $369 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $200 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$170$115 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$200$132 to $316

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $110 to $2,291Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $78 to $339
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $200professional $170

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
$85.11
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$257.04
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,230.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$354.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$346.74
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$407.38
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$354.81

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 22.4 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeSouth Dakota $369 · 46th of 51
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.