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Epidural Catheter Injection, Lower Back

Michigan 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?

$781

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $781 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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$110 to $178
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$575 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,950Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $25 to $195
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $646professional $135

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
$109.65
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$269.15
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,884.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$199.53
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$91.20
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$36.31
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$134.90
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$27.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$18.20
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$194.98

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 39th of 51

$781

$135 physician + $646 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.