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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 July 2026.

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

$364

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $364 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $229 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$135$95.50 to $182
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$229$120 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $93 to $5,754Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $79 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $229professional $135

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
$120.23
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$331.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$194.98
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$257.04
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$2,691.53
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$263.03

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 22.4 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. 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· 47th of 51

$364

$135 physician + $229 facility

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.