SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Lower-back epidural injection, with imaging guidance in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 62323, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 28, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Central Iowa Hospital Corporation DES MOINES, IA
PR NJX DX/THER SBST INTRLMNR LMBR/SAC W/IMG GDN
$629.60 $787.00 20% Jan 28, 2026
file
Central Iowa Hospital Corporation DES MOINES, IA
PR NJX DX/THER SBST INTRLMNR LMBR/SAC W/IMG GDN
$629.60 $787.00 20% Jan 28, 2026
file
Mercy Medical Center - Newton NEWTON, IA
HC Injection(S) Epidural/Subarachnoid Lumbar/Sacral Needle Placement W/Guidance
$1,006.85 $1,549.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
file
Catholic Health Initiatives-Iowa Corp DES MOINES, IA
HC Injection(S) Epidural/Subarachnoid Lumbar/Sacral Needle Placement W/Guidance
$1,955.20 $3,008.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
file
Central Iowa Hospital Corporation DES MOINES, IA
HC INJ INTERLAM L/S W IMG
$2,705.64 $3,382.05 20% Jan 28, 2026
file
Central Iowa Hospital Corporation DES MOINES, IA
HC INJ INTERLAM L/S W IMG
$2,705.64 $3,382.05 20% Jan 28, 2026
file
Catholic Health Initiatives-Iowa Corp DES MOINES, IA
HC Injection(S) Epidural/Subarachnoid Lumbar/Sacral Needle Placement W/Guidance
$3,061.65 Mar 31, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $629.60, median $1,955.20, highest $3,061.65 — a 4.9× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $1,481.03. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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