SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance in Clinton, IA

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 64483, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DEWITT, IA
GHS INJ TRANSFORAMINAL LUMB SINGLE UNI
$1,231.80 $2,053.00 40% Mar 31, 2026
file
Mercy Medical Center-Clinton Inc CLINTON, IA
HC Injection(S) Anesthetic Agent(S)/Steroid Lumb/S Transforaminal Epidural W/Img Single Lt
one side $2,031.90 $3,126.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
file
Mercy Medical Center-Clinton Inc CLINTON, IA
HC Injection(S) Anesthetic Agent(S)/Steroid Lumb/S Transforaminal Epidural W/Img Single Rt
one side $2,031.90 $3,126.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
file
Mercy Medical Center-Clinton Inc CLINTON, IA
HC Injection(S) Anesthetic Agent(S)/Steroid Lumb/S Transforaminal Epidural W/Img Single Bl
$3,047.85 $4,689.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $1,231.80, median $2,139.83, highest $3,047.85 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.

One side of the body : lowest $2,031.90, median $2,031.90, highest $2,031.90.

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 inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $462.60. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,848.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,031.90. 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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