Lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
In Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, 14 hospitals list a cash price for Lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance: from $854.29 to $5,877.50, with a median of $4,064.45. The lowest listed price is at Harris Health.
Cash prices at 14 facilities across 9 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 5, 2026 and Sep 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Health lowest Taub Loop Houston, TX ECHG PROC INJ ANES AGENT TRANSFORMINAL EPIDURAL LUMBAR/SACRAL SGL LVL | $854.29 | $5,748.00 | 85% | — source file |
| Harris Health Houston, TX ECHG PROC INJ ANES AGENT TRANSFORMINAL EPIDURAL LUMBAR/SACRAL SGL LVL | $854.29 | $5,748.00 | 85% | — source file |
| Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX TC INJECT ANESTH TRANSFORAM EPI LUMBAR SNGL | $1,473.33 | $2,199.00 | 33% | Mar 5, 2026 source file |
| Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX TC INJECT ANESTH TRANSFORAM EPI LUMBAR SNGL | $1,473.33 | $2,199.00 | 33% | Mar 5, 2026 source file |
| Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX TC INJECT ANESTH TRANSFORAM EPI LUMBAR SNGL | $1,473.33 | $2,199.00 | 33% | Mar 5, 2026 source file |
| Harris Health Taub Loop Houston, TX STEROID INJ.EPIDURAL LUMBAR | $2,718.80 | $5,748.00 | 53% | — source file |
| Harris Health Houston, TX STEROID INJ.EPIDURAL LUMBAR | $2,718.80 | $5,748.00 | 53% | — source file |
| Hsa St. Joseph LLC Houston, TX NJX AA&/STRD TFRM EPI L/S 1 | $3,615.89 | — | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Shriners Childrens Texas Galveston, TX NJX AA&/STRD TFRM EPI L/S 1 | $3,646.90 | $3,646.90 | — | — source file |
| Houston Methodist Continuing Care Hospital Katy, TX HC INJ EPID LUM/SACRAL UNI W IMG | $4,482.00 | $8,964.00 | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital Cypress, TX HC INJ EPID LUM/SACRAL UNI W IMG | $4,482.00 | $8,964.00 | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital The Woodlands, TX HC INJ EPID LUM/SACRAL UNI W IMG | $4,482.00 | $8,964.00 | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land, TX HC INJ EPID LUM/SACRAL UNI W IMG | $4,482.00 | $8,964.00 | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist West Houston Hospital Houston, TX HC INJ EPID LUM/SACRAL UNI W IMG | $4,482.00 | $8,964.00 | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston, TX HC INJ EPID LUM/SACRAL UNI W IMG | $4,482.00 | $8,964.00 | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital Baytown, TX HC INJ EPID LUM/SACRAL UNI W IMG | $4,482.00 | $8,964.00 | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital Nassau Bay, TX HC INJ EPID LUM/SACRAL UNI W IMG | $4,482.00 | $8,964.00 | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Methodist Hospital Houston, TX HC INJ EPID LUM/SACRAL UNI W IMG | $5,877.50 | $11,755.00 | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $854.29, median $4,064.45, highest $5,877.50 — a 6.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $4,482.00. 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.