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Epidural Catheter Injection, Lower Back

Kentucky 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?

$941

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $941 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $110 to the doctor who performs it, and $832 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$110$83.18 to $151
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$832$331 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $112 to $2,818Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $76 to $204
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $832professional $110

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
$72.44
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$165.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$812.83
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$741.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$218.78
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.88

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 29th of 51

$941

$110 physician + $832 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.