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

Neck or upper back nerve root injection, each extra level

CPT 64480the billing code this page is about

Add-on charge for each additional cervical or thoracic spinal level injected near the nerve root during the same visit; billed in addition to the first level.

Hospitals typically charge $756 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,605 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $800. Most fall between $287 and $1,541 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,605
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 1,605 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
$162$341$756$1,320$2,198

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($162 vs $2,198).

How the prices are spread

$102 – $141: 59 hospitals$102$141 – $197: 64 hospitals$197 – $274: 103 hospitals$197$274 – $381: 148 hospitals$381 – $530: 147 hospitals$381$530 – $738: 176 hospitals$738 – $1,027: 237 hospitals$738$1,027 – $1,429: 236 hospitals$1,429 – $1,989: 170 hospitals$1,429$1,989 – $2,769: 110 hospitals$1,989median $756price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,450 of 1,605 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$102$14159
$141$19764
$197$274103
$274$381148
$381$530147
$530$738176
$738$1,027237
$1,027$1,429236
$1,429$1,989170
$1,989$2,769110

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $756.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $247 across 10 hospitalsME$247Vermont: 5 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 $713 across 35 hospitalsWA$713Idaho: median $638 across 18 hospitalsID$638Montana: median $370 across 12 hospitalsMT$370North Dakota: median $575 across 10 hospitalsND$575Minnesota: median $362 across 43 hospitalsMN$362Illinois: median $769 across 68 hospitalsIL$769Wisconsin: median $586 across 63 hospitalsWI$586Michigan: median $586 across 57 hospitalsMI$586New York: median $1,222 across 49 hospitalsNY$1,222Massachusetts: median $738 across 26 hospitalsMA$738Oregon: median $244 across 25 hospitalsOR$244Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $355 across 11 hospitalsSD$355Iowa: median $480 across 42 hospitalsIA$480Indiana: median $214 across 34 hospitalsIN$214Ohio: median $1,162 across 115 hospitalsOH$1,162Pennsylvania: median $664 across 50 hospitalsPA$664New Jersey: median $1,188 across 36 hospitalsNJ$1,188Connecticut: median $724 across 16 hospitalsCT$724Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,364 across 119 hospitalsCA$1,364Utah: median $351 across 26 hospitalsUT$351Colorado: median $918 across 49 hospitalsCO$918Nebraska: median $536 across 37 hospitalsNE$536Missouri: median $770 across 48 hospitalsMO$770Kentucky: median $1,284 across 25 hospitalsKY$1,284West Virginia: median $279 across 19 hospitalsWV$279Virginia: median $629 across 32 hospitalsVA$629Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $591 across 28 hospitalsAZ$591New Mexico: median $811 across 10 hospitalsNM$811Kansas: median $600 across 35 hospitalsKS$600Arkansas: median $331 across 12 hospitalsAR$331Tennessee: median $388 across 30 hospitalsTN$388North Carolina: median $647 across 47 hospitalsNC$647South Carolina: median $2,060 across 17 hospitalsSC$2,060Oklahoma: median $501 across 24 hospitalsOK$501Louisiana: median $245 across 21 hospitalsLA$245Mississippi: median $299 across 10 hospitalsMS$299Alabama: median $776 across 17 hospitalsAL$776Georgia: median $1,577 across 57 hospitalsGA$1,577Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,026 across 114 hospitalsTX$1,026Florida: median $1,106 across 53 hospitalsFL$1,106
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $756. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Carolina SC17$2,060+172%$746 – $2,489
Georgia GA57$1,577+109%$807 – $1,824
California CA119$1,364+80%$537 – $2,205
Kentucky KY25$1,284+70%$192 – $2,256
New York NY49$1,222+62%$186 – $4,595
New Jersey NJ36$1,188+57%$177 – $5,339
Ohio OH115$1,162+54%$755 – $1,946
Florida FL53$1,106+46%$251 – $1,460
Texas TX114$1,026+36%$686 – $1,682
Colorado CO49$918+21%$530 – $1,790
New Mexico NM10$811+7%$206 – $1,489
Alabama AL17$776+3%$315 – $1,102
Missouri MO48$770+2%$264 – $1,113
Illinois IL68$769+2%$242 – $1,546
Massachusetts MA26$738−2%$167 – $1,307
Connecticut CT16$724−4%$621 – $1,480
Washington WA35$713−6%$270 – $1,111
Pennsylvania PA50$664−12%$231 – $1,363
North Carolina NC47$647−14%$337 – $1,126
Idaho ID18$638−16%$283 – $1,602
Virginia VA32$629−17%$341 – $978
Kansas KS35$600−21%$316 – $756
Arizona AZ28$591−22%$432 – $3,896
Michigan MI57$586−22%$148 – $1,369
Wisconsin WI63$586−22%$306 – $1,131
North Dakota ND10$575−24%$111 – $778
Nebraska NE37$536−29%$401 – $986
Oklahoma OK24$501−34%$102 – $932
Iowa IA42$480−36%$257 – $955
Tennessee TN30$388−49%$319 – $668
Montana MT12$370−51%$95 – $941
Minnesota MN43$362−52%$93 – $769
South Dakota SD11$355−53%$355 – $1,239
Utah UT26$351−54%$298 – $351
Arkansas AR12$331−56%$248 – $850
Mississippi MS10$299−60%$115 – $409
West Virginia WV19$279−63%$64 – $895
Maine ME10$247−67%$100 – $872
Louisiana LA21$245−68%$113 – $394
Oregon OR25$244−68%$181 – $424
Indiana IN34$214−72%$158 – $842
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not 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 $756.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,243$845$329 – $1,585
Children’s26$726$331 – $1,843
Critical access327$502$225 – $1,046
Ownership
For-profit146$864$316 – $1,908
Government273$652$252 – $1,144
Non-profit1,177$774$298 – $1,546
System affiliation
Part of a system1,322$805$313 – $1,577
Independent283$549$202 – $1,221

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,260
Median cash price$756
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

1,185 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $850 and the average of the middle 60% is $865; most fall between $319 and $1,575.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,185 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
$196$367$850$1,369$2,107

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($196 vs $2,107).

Of the 1,270 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,185 gave a usable cash price; 33 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 51 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,605 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (41%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,771 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,605
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here64
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded99
Hospitals that filed this code1,771

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 Ea Addl.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Neck or upper back nerve root injection, each extra level (CPT 64480) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-64480-neck-or-upper-back-nerve-root-injection-each-extra-level