Surgery and procedures CPT 64483 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — inpatient

In Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance as an inpatient: from $281.00 to $2,666.95, with a median of $1,473.98.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 64483, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.

Lowest$281.00Sunnyview Rehab Hospital
Median$1,473.98half pay less
Highest$2,666.95in this market
Difference9.5×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 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY.

median
Lowest $281.00Highest $2,666.95
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Sunnyview Rehab Hospital lowest Schenectady, NY Njx Aa&/Strd Tfrml Epi Lumbar/Sacral 1 Level $281.00 $281.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Sunnyview Rehab Hospital one side Schenectady, NY HC Injection(S) Anesthetic Agent(S)/Steroid Lumb/S Transforaminal Epidural W/Img Single Lt $1,693.25 $2,605.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Sunnyview Rehab Hospital one side Schenectady, NY HC Injection(S) Anesthetic Agent(S)/Steroid Lumb/S Transforaminal Epidural W/Img Single Rt $1,777.75 $2,735.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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St Peters Hospital one side Albany, NY HC Injection(S) Anesthetic Agent(S)/Steroid Lumb/S Transforaminal Epidural W/Img Single Rt $1,794.65 $2,761.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Sunnyview Rehab Hospital Schenectady, NY HC Injection(S) Anesthetic Agent(S)/Steroid Lumb/S Transforaminal Epidural W/Img Single Bl $2,666.95 $4,103.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $281.00, median $1,473.98, highest $2,666.95 — a 9.5× difference within the same market.

One side of the body : lowest $1,693.25, median $1,777.75, highest $1,794.65 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,473.98 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,777.75 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

A transforaminal epidural injection places steroid and numbing medicine near a specific nerve root in the lower back, using X-ray or CT guidance. It is used for pain that travels down the leg (sciatica). This code covers one spinal level.

What the price covers

The price covers the injection at one level with imaging guidance. Each additional level is billed with an add-on code (64484), and the doctor's fee and medicine may be separate.