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Epidural Catheter Injection, Lower Back

Maine 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?

$876

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $876 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 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$135$102 to $178
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$708 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,259Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $95 to $219
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $741professional $135

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$239.88
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$275.42
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$251.19
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$17.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$87.10
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$34.67
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$128.82
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$25.70
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$17.38

Where Maine 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

Maine· 34th of 51

$876

$135 physician + $741 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.