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Epidural Catheter Injection, Lower Back

South 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?

$671

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $671 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $447 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$224$174 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$447$186 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $120 to $759Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $129 to $398
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $447professional $224

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
$147.91
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,023.29
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$346.74
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$338.84
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$416.87
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$371.54
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
$35.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.80

Where South 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

South Dakota· 43rd of 51

$671

$224 physician + $447 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.