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Epidural Catheter Injection, Lower Back

Missouri 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?

$1,254

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,254 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $132 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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$132$97.72 to $219
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$501 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $339 to $3,631Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $85 to $646
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $132

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
$141.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$169.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$218.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
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
$35.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 17th of 51

$1,254

$132 physician + $1,122 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.