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Ultrasound-guided facet joint injection, lower back

CPT 0216Tthe billing code this page is about

Injection of medication into or near a spinal facet joint nerve in the lower back or sacral area using ultrasound guidance; this code covers one spinal level on one side.

Hospitals typically charge $1,052 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 158 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,244. Most fall between $838 and $2,201 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
158
States
30
Filings dated
Nov 2025 – Aug 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 158 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$596$901$1,052$1,818$3,338

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($596 vs $3,338).

How the prices are spread

$335 – $421: 1 hospitals$335$421 – $530: 3 hospitals$530 – $667: 10 hospitals$530$667 – $840: 12 hospitals$840 – $1,057: 50 hospitals$840$1,057 – $1,330: 11 hospitals$1,330 – $1,674: 7 hospitals$1,330$1,674 – $2,107: 25 hospitals$2,107 – $2,652: 11 hospitals$2,107$2,652 – $3,338: 20 hospitals$2,652median $1,052price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (150 of 158 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$335$4211
$421$5303
$530$66710
$667$84012
$840$1,05750
$1,057$1,33011
$1,330$1,6747
$1,674$2,10725
$2,107$2,65211
$2,652$3,33820

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$904
Median cash price$1,052
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.16×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,052.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVTNew Hampshire: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNHWashington: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWAIdaho: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureILWisconsin: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $904 across 10 hospitalsNY$904Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIAIndiana: median $966 across 17 hospitalsIN$966Ohio: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNJConnecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $1,711 across 40 hospitalsCA$1,711Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNCSouth Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $901 across 29 hospitalsTX$901Florida: median $1,052 across 10 hospitalsFL$1,052
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,052. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA40$1,711+63%$1,414 – $3,338
Florida FL10$1,0520%$1,052 – $1,052
Indiana IN17$966−8%$631 – $1,282
New York NY10$904−14%$596 – $2,308
Texas TX29$901−14%$901 – $901
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Illinois IL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Pennsylvania PA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Jersey NJ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,052.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care140$1,052$812 – $2,203
Children’s3fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access15fewer than 20 hospitals
Ownership
For-profit19fewer than 20 hospitals
Government3fewer than 20 hospitals
Non-profit136$1,052$838 – $2,203
System affiliation
Part of a system136$1,052$901 – $2,201
Independent22$776$335 – $1,844

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,911
Median cash price$1,052
Cash as a share of list, median hospital56%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 44%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

122 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,052 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,361; most fall between $901 and $2,591.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 122 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$596$901$1,052$2,046$3,338

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($596 vs $3,338).

Of the 134 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 122 gave a usable cash price; 11 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 1 a list price only.

How complete is this

158 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (4%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 173 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted158
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here10
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded4
Hospitals that filed this code173

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 14, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other therapeutic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Njx Dx/Ther Paraver Fct Jt W/US Lumb/Sac 1 Lvl.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Ultrasound-guided facet joint injection, lower back (CPT 0216T) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-0216t-ultrasound-guided-facet-joint-injection-lower-back