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Epidural Catheter Injection, Lower Back

North Dakota 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?

$362

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $362 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $148 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$214$162 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$148$89.13 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $89 to $759Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $138 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $148professional $214

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
$89.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$309.03
8 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
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.79

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 51st of 51

$362

$214 physician + $148 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.