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Epidural Catheter Injection, Lower Back

Virginia 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?

$1,333

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,333 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $102 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$102$87.10 to $145
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$457 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $120 to $4,786Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $79 to $204
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,230professional $102

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
$100.00
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$165.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$114.82
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$213.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$229.09
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,951.21
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$251.19
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
$42.66
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.60

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 16th of 51

$1,333

$102 physician + $1,230 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.