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Epidural Catheter Injection, Lower Back

Utah 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?

$1,661

Typical total for the visit. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,661 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $148 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$148$129 to $174
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$251 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $135 to $4,169Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $120 to $229
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $148

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
$134.90
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$199.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$165.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,691.53
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$251.19
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$138.04
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$213.80
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
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$21.88

Where Utah 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

Utah· 9th of 51

$1,661

$148 physician + $1,514 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.