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Epidural Catheter Injection, Lower Back

Montana 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?

$408

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $408 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $263 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$145$132 to $219
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$263$141 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $141 to $617Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $89 to $245
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $263professional $145

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$218.78
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$281.84
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$281.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$263.03

Where Montana 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

Montana· 50th of 51

$408

$145 physician + $263 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.