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Epidural Catheter Injection, Lower Back

Illinois 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?

$1,115

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,115 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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$112 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$661 to $1,549

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $380 to $3,548Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $83 to $251
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $977professional $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
$120.23
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$239.88
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$645.65
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$181.97
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04
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
$39.81
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 22nd of 51

$1,115

$138 physician + $977 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.