Epidural steroid injection cost in Washington, DC
In Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, 10 hospitals list a cash price for lower-back epidural injection, without imaging guidance: from $885.00 to $1,938.00, with a median of $1,415.50. The lowest listed price is at Jefferson Medical Center — $530.50 less than the median here. Across District of Columbia, the median is $1,431.17 at 3 hospitals.
- The median here, $1,415.50, is 14% above the US median of $1,236.38.
- That is 1.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($903.63).
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 8 cities for code 62322, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 17, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Jul 12, 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 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Medical Center lowest Ranson, WV · (304) 728-1600 NJX INTERLAMINAR LMBR/SAC File of Jul 12, 2026 · source file | $885.00 | $1,770.00 | — | 50% |
| Children's National Hospital Washington, DC · (202) 476-5000 NJX INTRLMR LMBR SAC WO IMG - 62322+1 more line at this price File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file | $1,113.00 | $2,226.00 | $145.41–$4,902.00 | 50% |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria, VA · (703) 664-7105 HC INJ EPIDURAL SGL LUMB-SACRAL W/O IMG File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,415.50 | $2,831.00 | $890.29–$2,678.00 | 50% |
| Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria, VA · (703) 504-3167 HC INJ EPIDURAL SGL LUMB-SACRAL W/O IMG File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,415.50 | $2,831.00 | $890.29–$2,678.00 | 50% |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA · (703) 698-1110 HC INJ EPIDURAL SGL LUMB-SACRAL W/O IMG File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,415.50 | $2,831.00 | $890.29–$2,678.00 | 50% |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Fairfax, VA · (703) 391-4170 HC INJ EPIDURAL SGL LUMB-SACRAL W/O IMG File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,415.50 | $2,831.00 | $890.29–$2,678.00 | 50% |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg, VA · (703) 858-6600 HC INJ EPIDURAL SGL LUMB-SACRAL W/O IMG File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,415.50 | $2,831.00 | $890.29–$2,678.00 | 50% |
| MedStar Georgetown Hospital Northwest Washington, DC · (202) 784-3000 IR ESI LUMB SACR W O IMAGING File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,431.17 | $2,201.80 | $616.50–$6,474.00 | 35% |
| MedStar Washington Hospital Center Washington, DC · (202) 877-7000 DX LUMBAR PUNCT FOR N M W IMG+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,543.39 | $2,374.44 | $688.59–$3,175.00 | 35% |
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge, VA · (703) 523-1000 Njx Interlaminar Lmbr/Sac File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,938.00 | $3,876.00 | — | 50% |
Outpatient: lowest $885.00, median $1,415.50, highest $1,938.00 — a 2.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $1,415.50. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 8 of 8 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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