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Epidural Catheter Injection, Lower Back

Alabama 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?

$1,365

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,365 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$135$132 to $214
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$676 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,445Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $87 to $214
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,230professional $135

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$234.42
6 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
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$281.84

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 14th of 51

$1,365

$135 physician + $1,230 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.