Surgery and procedures CPT 62323 Outpatient

Lower-back epidural injection, with imaging guidance in Joplin, MO-KS

In Joplin, MO-KS, 5 hospitals list a cash price for Lower-back epidural injection, with imaging guidance: from $464.40 to $2,731.22, with a median of $1,589.14. The lowest listed price is at Freeman Neosho Hospital.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 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 May 1, 2025 and May 1, 2025.

Lowest$464.40Freeman Neosho Hospital
Median$1,589.14half pay less
Highest$2,731.22in this market
Difference5.9×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 Joplin, MO-KS.

median
Lowest $464.40Highest $2,731.22

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Freeman Neosho Hospital lowest Neosho, MO NJX INTERLAMINAR LMBR/SAC $464.40 $774.00 40% May 1, 2025
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Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage, MO Inject Interlaminar Lumbar/Sacral W Imag Pf $688.35 $1,059.00 35%
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Freeman Health System - Freeman West Joplin, MO LUMBAR PUNCTURE W INJECTION $1,420.80 $2,368.00 40% May 1, 2025
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Mercy Specialty Hospital Southeast Kansas Galena, KS Inject Interlaminar Lumbar or Sacral W Imag $1,757.48 $2,703.82 35%
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Mercy Hospital Joplin dba Mercy Hospital Joplin Joplin, MO Inject Interlaminar Lumbar or Sacral W Imag $2,092.35 $3,219.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage, MO Inject Interlaminar Lumbar or Sacral W Imag $2,731.22 $4,201.87 35%
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Outpatient: lowest $464.40, median $1,589.14, highest $2,731.22 — a 5.9× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $942.60. 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 steroid injection in the lower back guided by X-ray (fluoroscopy) or CT to place the needle accurately. 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 and the imaging guidance. The doctor's fee, medicines and any sedation may be billed separately.