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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

Virginia 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?

$1,270

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,270 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $95.50 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$95.50$83.18 to $145
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$331 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $120 to $4,786Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $74 to $204
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,175professional $95

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
$120.23
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$199.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$213.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$281.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,951.21
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$257.04
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
$39.81
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$16.98

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 16th of 51

$1,270

$95.50 physician + $1,175 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.