Lower-back epidural injection, without imaging guidance in Pittsburgh, PA
In Pittsburgh, PA, 12 hospitals list a cash price for Lower-back epidural injection, without imaging guidance: from $1,127.50 to $6,466.80, with a median of $2,230.01. The lowest listed price is at Uniontown Hospital.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 6 cities for code 62322, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 6, 2026 and Apr 14, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Pittsburgh, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uniontown Hospital lowest Uniontown, PA NJX INTERLAMINAR LMBR/SAC | $1,127.50 | $2,255.00 | 50% | — source file |
| UPMC East Monroeville, PA NEURAXIAL L/S INJ | $1,278.00 | $2,130.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC St Margaret Pittsburgh, PA NJX INTERLAMINAR LMBR/SAC | $1,366.20 | $2,277.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Passavant - McCandless Pittsburgh, PA HC NEURAXIAL L/S INJ | $1,417.80 | $2,363.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh, PA NEURAXIAL L/S INJ | $1,541.40 | $2,569.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh, PA NJX INTERLAMINAR LMBR/SAC | $1,541.40 | $2,569.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Passavant - McCandless Pittsburgh, PA HC NJX INTERLAMINAR LMBR/SAC | $1,549.80 | $2,583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA NEURAXIAL L/S INJ | $1,582.80 | $2,638.00 | 40% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Jameson New Castle, PA NJX INTERLAMINAR LMBR/SAC | $1,956.60 | $3,261.00 | 40% | — source file |
| West Penn Allegheny Health System INC Wexford, PA HC NJX INTERLAMINAR LMBR/SAC W/O IMAG | $2,503.42 | $3,383.00 | 26% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| West Penn Allegheny Health System INC Pittsburgh, PA HC NJX INTERLAMINAR LMBR/SAC W/O IMAG | $2,599.53 | $3,561.00 | 27% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Pittsburgh, PA HC NEURAXIAL L/S INJ | $2,641.20 | $4,402.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Pittsburgh, PA HC NJX INTERLAMINAR LMBR/SAC | $2,641.20 | $4,402.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh, PA NEURAXIAL LUMBAR/SACRAL INJ | $3,088.20 | $5,147.00 | 40% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh, PA NEURAXIAL L/S INJ | $3,088.20 | $5,147.00 | 40% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh, PA NJX INTERLAMINAR LMBR/SAC | $3,088.20 | $5,147.00 | 40% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| Highlands Hospital Connellsville, PA INJECTION LUMBAR OR SACRAL | $6,466.80 | $10,778.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Highlands Hospital Connellsville, PA INJECT LUMBAR SACRAL | $6,466.80 | $10,778.00 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,127.50, median $2,230.01, highest $6,466.80 — a 5.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $2,503.42. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What it is
This is an epidural injection in the lower back, usually of a steroid and numbing medicine, placed without X-ray or CT guidance. It is used to relieve back and leg pain from irritated nerves, such as from a herniated disc or spinal stenosis.
What the price covers
The price covers the injection procedure. The doctor's fee, the medicine itself and any sedation may be billed separately.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 62322 ($1,135.05). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Jefferson Regional Medical Center Jefferson Hills, PAPR NJX DX/THER SBST INTRLMNR LMBR/SAC W/O IMG GDN | $41.80 | file |
| West Penn Allegheny Health System INC Wexford, PAPR NJX DX/THER SBST INTRLMNR LMBR/SAC W/O IMG GDN | $57.20 | file |
| West Penn Allegheny Health System INC Pittsburgh, PAPR NJX DX/THER SBST INTRLMNR LMBR/SAC W/O IMG GDN | $59.40 | file |