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Lower Back Epidural Injection, Without Imaging Guidance

Vermont 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?

$882

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $882 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $174 to the doctor who performs it, and $708 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$174$102 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$708$708 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,905Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $102 to $251
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $708professional $174

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$213.80
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$316.23

Where Vermont 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

Vermont· 30th of 51

$882

$174 physician + $708 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.