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Epidural Catheter Injection, Lower Back

Colorado 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?

$2,537

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,537 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$138$110 to $182
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,047 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $575 to $5,248Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $93 to $240
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $138

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
$186.21
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$177.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$234.42
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$223.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$263.03
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$812.83
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$269.15
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
$40.74
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.49

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$2,537

$138 physician + $2,399 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.