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Epidural Catheter Injection, Lower Back

Minnesota 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?

$609

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $609 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $363 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$245$162 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$363$138 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $83 to $2,138Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $129 to $457
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $363professional $245

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
$83.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$489.78
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$562.34
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$467.74
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
$41.69
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$13.80

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 46th of 51

$609

$245 physician + $363 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.