Surgery and procedures CPT 62321 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Neck epidural injection cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for epidural steroid injection, neck or mid back, with imaging guidance as an inpatient: from $390.32 to $738.32, with a median of $529.98. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner — $139.66 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $767.85 at 28 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 62321, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$390.32Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner
Median$529.98half pay less
Highest$738.32in this market
Difference1.9×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in New Orleans-Metairie, LA.

median
Lowest $390.32Highest $738.32

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner lowest Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC INJ CERV/THORAC,W/GUIDANCE $390.32 $1,394.00 — 72% —
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St Charles Parish Hospital Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 HC INJ CERV/THORAC,W/GUIDANCE $410.67 $1,521.00 — 73% —
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St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC INJ CERV/THORAC,W/GUIDANCE $649.28 $2,029.00 — 68% —
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Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC INJ CERV/THORAC,W/GUIDANCE $738.32 $3,356.00 — 78% —
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Inpatient: lowest $390.32, median $529.98, highest $738.32 — a 1.9× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $664.14 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

This epidural injection puts a steroid into the space around the spinal nerves in the neck or mid back, using imaging to guide the needle. It is used for pain that spreads into the arm.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the injection and imaging guidance. The steroid or other medicine may be billed separately.