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Procedure price report · Insertion of catheter or spinal stimulator and injection into spinal canal

Nerve-destroying injection into the spinal fluid space

CPT 62280the billing code this page is about

Injection or infusion of a substance that destroys nerve tissue into the subarachnoid space surrounding the spinal cord.

Hospitals typically charge $974 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 370 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,031. Most fall between $479 and $2,023 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
370
States
43
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 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 370 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
$282$555$974$1,711$2,570

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($282 vs $2,570).

How the prices are spread

$260 – $344: 30 hospitals$260$344 – $456: 24 hospitals$456 – $605: 33 hospitals$456$605 – $802: 28 hospitals$802 – $1,063: 85 hospitals$802$1,063 – $1,409: 37 hospitals$1,409 – $1,868: 38 hospitals$1,409$1,868 – $2,476: 17 hospitals$2,476 – $3,282: 36 hospitals$2,476$3,282 – $4,350: 6 hospitals$3,282median $974price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (334 of 370 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$260$34430
$344$45624
$456$60533
$605$80228
$802$1,06385
$1,063$1,40937
$1,409$1,86838
$1,868$2,47617
$2,476$3,28236
$3,282$4,3506

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$904
Median cash price$974
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.08×

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 $974.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMNIllinois: median $398 across 21 hospitalsIL$398Wisconsin: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $414 across 21 hospitalsMI$414New York: median $1,054 across 27 hospitalsNY$1,054Massachusetts: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $862 across 15 hospitalsIA$862Indiana: median $483 across 15 hospitalsIN$483Ohio: median $832 across 16 hospitalsOH$832Pennsylvania: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: median $2,786 across 24 hospitalsNJ$2,786Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,520 across 47 hospitalsCA$2,520Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 9 hospitals 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: median $474 across 11 hospitalsAZ$474New Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $264 across 12 hospitalsOK$264Louisiana: median $516 across 10 hospitalsLA$516Mississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $974 across 31 hospitalsTX$974Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $974. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ24$2,786+186%$985 – $5,419
California CA47$2,520+159%$1,711 – $2,520
New York NY27$1,054+8%$904 – $2,188
Texas TX31$9740%$868 – $974
Iowa IA15$862−11%$862 – $862
Ohio OH16$832−15%$684 – $2,488
Louisiana LA10$516−47%$223 – $765
Indiana IN15$483−50%$361 – $641
Arizona AZ11$474−51%$388 – $518
Michigan MI21$414−58%$414 – $1,216
Illinois IL21$398−59%$262 – $972
Oklahoma OK12$264−73%$264 – $264
Virginia VA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Pennsylvania PA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV1not 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 $974.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care322$985$483 – $2,188
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access38$655$388 – $1,867
Ownership
For-profit36$945$282 – $1,571
Government48$1,054$499 – $1,394
Non-profit285$974$483 – $2,420
System affiliation
Part of a system300$974$483 – $2,238
Independent70$977$326 – $1,862

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,623
Median cash price$974
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

229 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,041 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,204; most fall between $456 and $2,430.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 229 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
$264$588$1,041$1,867$2,563

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($264 vs $2,563).

Of the 265 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 229 gave a usable cash price; 17 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 19 a list price only.

How complete is this

370 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 410 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted370
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here20
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded19
Hospitals that filed this code410

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 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Insertion of catheter or spinal stimulator and injection into spinal canal family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Injx/Infusion Neurolytic Substance Subarachnoid.

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, “Nerve-destroying injection into the spinal fluid space (CPT 62280) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-62280-nerve-destroying-injection-into-the-spinal-fluid-space