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Epidural Catheter Injection, Lower Back

New York 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?

$2,820

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,820 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $129 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$129$110 to $151
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,122 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $513 to $5,248Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $91 to $229
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $129

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
$1,318.26
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$177.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,073.80
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$288.40
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$331.13
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,819.70
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$173.78
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$251.19
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$199.53
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$173.78
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
$52.48
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$17.78

Where New York 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 York· 1st of 51

$2,820

$129 physician + $2,692 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.