Lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance in Columbia, MO
In Columbia, MO, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance: from $336.60 to $5,388.60, with a median of $1,476.00. The lowest listed price is at Boone Hospital Center.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 64483, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 15, 2025 and Apr 1, 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 Columbia, MO.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boone Hospital Center lowest Columbia, MO INJ FORAMEN EPIDURAL L/S-CF | $336.60 | $561.00 | 40% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO INJECTION ANES/STEROID; EPIDURAL, LUMBAR/SACRAL, SINGLE-MCLN | $1,476.00 | $2,460.00 | 40% | Dec 15, 2025 source file |
| Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO INJECTION ANES/STEROID; EPIDURAL LUMBAR/SACRAL SINGLE-JCT | $1,476.00 | $2,460.00 | 40% | Dec 15, 2025 source file |
| Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO INJECTION ANES/STEROID; EPIDURAL, LUMBAR/SACRAL, SINGLE-XO | $1,476.00 | $2,460.00 | 40% | Dec 15, 2025 source file |
| Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO INJECTION ANES/STEROID; EPIDURAL, LUMBAR/SACRAL, SINGLE-CPCR | $1,476.00 | $2,460.00 | 40% | Dec 15, 2025 source file |
| Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO INJECTION ANES/STEROID; EPIDURAL, LUMBAR/SACRAL, SINGLE-MOC | $1,476.00 | $2,460.00 | 40% | Dec 15, 2025 source file |
| Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO INJECTION ANES/STEROID; EPIDURAL, LUMBAR/SACRAL, SINGLE-AM | $1,476.00 | $2,460.00 | 40% | Dec 15, 2025 source file |
| Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO INJECTION ANES/STEROID; EPIDURAL, LUMBAR/SACRAL, SINGLE-CM | $1,476.00 | $2,460.00 | 40% | Dec 15, 2025 source file |
| Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO INJECTION ANES/STEROID; EPIDURAL LUMBAR/SACRAL SINGLE-JIR | $1,476.00 | $2,460.00 | 40% | Dec 15, 2025 source file |
| Boone Hospital Center Columbia, MO EPI INJ LUM/SAC W IMG 64483 | $5,388.60 | $8,981.00 | 40% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Boone Hospital Center both sides Columbia, MO EPI INJ LUM/SAC W IMG BI 64483 | $10,777.20 | $17,962.00 | 40% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Boone Hospital Center both sides Columbia, MO EPI INJ LUM/SAC W IMG PN BI | $10,777.20 | $17,962.00 | 40% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Both sides : lowest $10,777.20, median $10,777.20, highest $10,777.20.
Outpatient: lowest $336.60, median $1,476.00, highest $5,388.60 — a 16.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $10,777.20. 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 $1,476.00. 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
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.