Lower-back epidural injection, without imaging guidance in St. Louis, MO-IL
In St. Louis, MO-IL, 7 hospitals list a cash price for Lower-back epidural injection, without imaging guidance: from $514.15 to $14,348.33, with a median of $1,895.04. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital Lincoln.
Cash prices at 7 facilities across 5 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 — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in St. Louis, MO-IL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln lowest Troy, MO Crna Inj Dx/Tx Epid/Subaracr Lmbr/Sac WO Imag Pf | $514.15 | $791.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO Inj Dx/Tx Epid/Subaracr Lmbr/Sac WO Imag Pf | $744.25 | $1,145.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospitals East Communities dba Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO Inj Dx/Tx Epid/Subaracr Lmbr/Sac WO Imag | $1,564.55 | $2,407.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis, MO Inj Dx/Tx Epid/Subaracr Lmbr/Sac WO Imag | $1,564.55 | $2,407.00 | 35% | — source file |
| St Josephs Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Highland, IL HC INJ INTRLAMNR LUM/SAC W/O GUIDE | $1,895.04 | $2,632.00 | 28% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospitals East Communities dba Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO Inj Dx/Tx Epid/Subaracr Lmbr/Sac WO Imag | $3,348.80 | $5,152.00 | 35% | — source file |
| St Elizabeths Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis O'Fallon, IL HC INJ INTRLAMNR LUM/SAC W/O GUIDE | $3,669.84 | $5,097.00 | 28% | — source file |
| Shriners Childrens - St Louis Saint Louis, MO NJX INTERLAMINAR LMBR/SAC | $4,198.61 | $4,198.61 | — | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO Inj Dx/Tx Epid/Subaracr Lmbr/Sac WO Imag | $14,348.33 | $22,074.36 | 35% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $514.15, median $1,895.04, highest $14,348.33 — a 27.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $2,782.44. 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.