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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

Utah 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?

$1,624

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,624 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$145$126 to $174
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$251 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $129 to $4,169Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $117 to $219
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $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
$128.82
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$199.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$165.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,691.53
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$245.47
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$123.03
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$218.78
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
$64.57
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$21.88

Where Utah 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

Utah· 9th of 51

$1,624

$145 physician + $1,479 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.