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Epidural Catheter Injection, Lower Back

Connecticut 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?

$2,289

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,289 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$151$120 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,000 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $575 to $6,026Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $100 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $151

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
$3,235.94
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$251.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$398.11
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
$67.61
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$25.12

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 5th of 51

$2,289

$151 physician + $2,138 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.