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

Epidural nerve root injection, neck or mid-back, 1 level

CPT 64479the billing code this page is about

Injection of numbing medicine and/or steroid around a spinal nerve root as it exits the neck or mid-back, with imaging guidance; this code covers one spinal level on one side.

Hospitals typically charge $1,313 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,986 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,380. Most fall between $623 and $2,430 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,986
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 1,986 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
$410$741$1,313$2,130$3,670

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($410 vs $3,670).

How the prices are spread

$253 – $337: 47 hospitals$253$337 – $449: 87 hospitals$449 – $598: 132 hospitals$449$598 – $796: 182 hospitals$796 – $1,059: 237 hospitals$796$1,059 – $1,410: 284 hospitals$1,410 – $1,878: 279 hospitals$1,410$1,878 – $2,500: 268 hospitals$2,500 – $3,328: 139 hospitals$2,500$3,328 – $4,431: 133 hospitals$3,328median $1,313price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,788 of 1,986 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$253$33747
$337$44987
$449$598132
$598$796182
$796$1,059237
$1,059$1,410284
$1,410$1,878279
$1,878$2,500268
$2,500$3,328139
$3,328$4,431133

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$904
Median cash price$1,313
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.45×

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 $1,313.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $872 across 17 hospitalsME$872Vermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,587 across 45 hospitalsWA$1,587Idaho: median $1,456 across 22 hospitalsID$1,456Montana: median $536 across 19 hospitalsMT$536North Dakota: median $1,090 across 11 hospitalsND$1,090Minnesota: median $1,270 across 76 hospitalsMN$1,270Illinois: median $1,360 across 84 hospitalsIL$1,360Wisconsin: median $834 across 79 hospitalsWI$834Michigan: median $1,061 across 67 hospitalsMI$1,061New York: median $1,926 across 67 hospitalsNY$1,926Massachusetts: median $1,689 across 34 hospitalsMA$1,689Oregon: median $482 across 27 hospitalsOR$482Nevada: median $985 across 11 hospitalsNV$985Wyoming: median $672 across 12 hospitalsWY$672South Dakota: median $869 across 12 hospitalsSD$869Iowa: median $932 across 50 hospitalsIA$932Indiana: median $698 across 48 hospitalsIN$698Ohio: median $2,111 across 121 hospitalsOH$2,111Pennsylvania: median $1,213 across 73 hospitalsPA$1,213New Jersey: median $1,188 across 48 hospitalsNJ$1,188Connecticut: median $1,244 across 15 hospitalsCT$1,244Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,352 across 134 hospitalsCA$2,352Utah: median $1,354 across 28 hospitalsUT$1,354Colorado: median $1,138 across 52 hospitalsCO$1,138Nebraska: median $1,274 across 49 hospitalsNE$1,274Missouri: median $1,277 across 56 hospitalsMO$1,277Kentucky: median $1,661 across 27 hospitalsKY$1,661West Virginia: median $1,017 across 23 hospitalsWV$1,017Virginia: median $1,221 across 34 hospitalsVA$1,221Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,085 across 30 hospitalsAZ$1,085New Mexico: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $756 across 47 hospitalsKS$756Arkansas: median $648 across 14 hospitalsAR$648Tennessee: median $595 across 38 hospitalsTN$595North Carolina: median $1,229 across 61 hospitalsNC$1,229South Carolina: median $1,893 across 33 hospitalsSC$1,893Oklahoma: median $838 across 33 hospitalsOK$838Louisiana: median $529 across 30 hospitalsLA$529Mississippi: median $755 across 27 hospitalsMS$755Alabama: median $989 across 25 hospitalsAL$989Georgia: median $2,421 across 60 hospitalsGA$2,421Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,542 across 125 hospitalsTX$1,542Florida: median $2,144 across 68 hospitalsFL$2,144
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,313. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA60$2,421+84%$1,473 – $2,738
California CA134$2,352+79%$1,132 – $4,217
Florida FL68$2,144+63%$975 – $3,001
Ohio OH121$2,111+61%$1,103 – $3,993
New York NY67$1,926+47%$1,054 – $3,010
South Carolina SC33$1,893+44%$1,377 – $2,198
Massachusetts MA34$1,689+29%$1,024 – $2,923
Kentucky KY27$1,661+27%$1,137 – $2,945
Washington WA45$1,587+21%$522 – $2,375
Texas TX125$1,542+17%$1,042 – $2,075
Idaho ID22$1,456+11%$559 – $2,430
Illinois IL84$1,360+4%$496 – $2,349
Utah UT28$1,354+3%$1,229 – $1,593
Missouri MO56$1,277−3%$734 – $2,154
Nebraska NE49$1,274−3%$612 – $2,117
Minnesota MN76$1,270−3%$672 – $1,994
Connecticut CT15$1,244−5%$845 – $1,784
North Carolina NC61$1,229−6%$773 – $1,523
Virginia VA34$1,221−7%$586 – $2,120
Pennsylvania PA73$1,213−8%$605 – $2,647
New Jersey NJ48$1,188−10%$985 – $4,881
Colorado CO52$1,138−13%$817 – $2,459
North Dakota ND11$1,090−17%$232 – $1,647
Arizona AZ30$1,085−17%$549 – $6,026
Michigan MI67$1,061−19%$158 – $1,534
West Virginia WV23$1,017−23%$135 – $1,757
Alabama AL25$989−25%$580 – $3,240
Nevada NV11$985−25%$618 – $2,125
Iowa IA50$932−29%$551 – $1,676
Maine ME17$872−34%$461 – $1,850
South Dakota SD12$869−34%$742 – $1,454
Oklahoma OK33$838−36%$621 – $1,615
Wisconsin WI79$834−36%$658 – $1,814
Kansas KS47$756−42%$584 – $1,364
Mississippi MS27$755−42%$422 – $1,074
Indiana IN48$698−47%$462 – $1,499
Wyoming WY12$672−49%$488 – $1,371
Arkansas AR14$648−51%$448 – $1,282
Tennessee TN38$595−55%$443 – $887
Montana MT19$536−59%$410 – $1,163
Louisiana LA30$529−60%$341 – $1,088
Oregon OR27$482−63%$274 – $2,167
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not 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 $1,313.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,519$1,407$708 – $2,647
Children’s27$1,138$734 – $3,408
Critical access432$887$474 – $1,933
Ownership
For-profit189$1,383$656 – $2,803
Government343$1,057$537 – $2,029
Non-profit1,446$1,367$660 – $2,484
System affiliation
Part of a system1,647$1,364$680 – $2,539
Independent339$1,003$488 – $1,961

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,325
Median cash price$1,313
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

1,420 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,494 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,526; most fall between $719 and $2,585.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,420 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
$482$823$1,494$2,298$3,745

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($482 vs $3,745).

Of the 1,511 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,420 gave a usable cash price; 32 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 59 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,986 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (50%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,119 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,986
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here63
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded68
Hospitals that filed this code2,119

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 Njx Aa&/Strd Tfrml Epi Cervical/Thoracic 1 Level.

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, “Epidural nerve root injection, neck or mid-back, 1 level (CPT 64479) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-64479-epidural-nerve-root-injection-neck-or-mid-back-1-level