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Epidural Catheter Injection, Lower Back

Alaska rates for HCPCS 62326

Places a fine tube into the space just outside the covering of the spinal cord in the lower back or tailbone area, so numbing or anti-inflammatory medicine can be given continuously or in repeated doses rather than as a single shot. It is used to control pain over a period of time.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Epidural Catheter Injection, Lower Back cost?

$1,541

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,541 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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$339$245 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$933 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $617 to $5,888Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $132 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $339

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$478.63
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$954.99
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$691.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,621.81
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$562.34
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,801.89
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$758.58
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
$47.86
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$66.07

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.8 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

Alaska· 12th of 51

$1,541

$339 physician + $1,202 facility

NY $2,820ND $362

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.