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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 October 2026.

How much does Epidural Catheter Injection, Lower Back cost?

$880

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $880 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 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$234$162 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$427 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $257 to $2,344Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $117 to $389
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $646professional $234

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
$85.11
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$288.40
7 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
$42.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$190.55

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 33rd of 51

$880

$234 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.