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Epidural Catheter Injection, Lower Back

South 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?

$960

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $960 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$166$120 to $219
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$562 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $417 to $3,890Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $98 to $245
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $166

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
$102.33
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$208.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$251.19
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
$51.29
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.22
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
$100.00
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$123.03

Where South 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

South Carolina· 28th of 51

$960

$166 physician + $794 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.