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Epidural Catheter Injection, Lower Back

West 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?

$600

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $600 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $132 to the doctor who performs it, and $468 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$132$110 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$468$234 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $148 to $1,413Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $79 to $288
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $468professional $132

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$257.04
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
$39.81
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.59

Where West 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

West Virginia· 47th of 51

$600

$132 physician + $468 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.