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Epidural Catheter Injection, Lower Back

New Mexico 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?

$1,129

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,129 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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$151$117 to $195
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$631 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $363 to $4,571Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $100 to $245
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $977professional $151

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
$83.18
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$229.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$338.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$977.24
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03
5 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
$41.69
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$18.62

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 21st of 51

$1,129

$151 physician + $977 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.