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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

Tennessee 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?

$1,057

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,057 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $912 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$145$107 to $214
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$562 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $417 to $2,188Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $81 to $1,230
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $912professional $145

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
$138.04
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$263.03
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
$38.02
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
XU · Unusual separate service
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 22nd of 51

$1,057

$145 physician + $912 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.