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Epidural Catheter Injection, Lower Back

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does Epidural Catheter Injection, Lower Back cost?

$209

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $135 to $1,660.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $85 to $5,495Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $339 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $204professional $339

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$870.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,365.16
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 42.7 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. 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.

North Carolina· 43rd of 49

$209

NJ $5,370WV $126

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.