Nerve root injection cost in Indianapolis, IN
In Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, 12 hospitals list a cash price for lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance: from $685.84 to $2,513.51, with a median of $2,298.00. The lowest listed price is at Franciscan St Francis Health - Carmel and 1 other hospital — $1,612.16 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $1,631.40 at 40 hospitals.
- The median here, $2,298.00, is 56% above the US median of $1,471.05.
- That is 2.5× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($903.63).
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 5 cities for code 64483, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Oct 22, 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 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franciscan St Francis Health - Carmel lowest Carmel, IN · (317) 528-5000 Injection Transforaminal; Lumbar Single Lvl Hcode File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $685.84 | $2,969.00 | $1,242.31–$2,672.10 | 77% |
| Franciscan Health Indianapolis lowest Indianapolis, IN · (317) 528-5000 Injection Transforaminal; Lumbar Single Lvl Hcode File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $685.84 | $2,969.00 | $1,242.31–$5,344.20 | 77% |
| Franciscan Health Mooresville Mooresville, IN · (317) 831-1160 Injection Transforaminal; Lumbar Single Lvl Hcode File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $754.13 | $2,969.00 | $1,242.31–$3,057.00 | 75% |
| Franciscan Health Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN · (317) 528-5000 Njx Aa&/Strd Tfrml Epi Lumbar/Sacral 1 Level File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $1,433.36 | $6,205.00 | $935.78–$3,679.16 | 77% |
| Eskenazi Health Indianapolis, IN · (317) 880-4818 HC Inj Foramen Epidural Ls File of Mar 1, 2026 · source file | $1,572.30 | $1,747.00 | $665.00–$1,747.00 | 10% |
| Johnson Memorial Hospital Franklin, IN · (317) 736-3300 Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level File of Oct 22, 2026 · source file | $2,216.00 | $2,770.00 | $935.78–$2,770.00 | 20% |
| Carmel AmbSurg Carmel, IN INJ TRANSF EPI L/S+IM+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $2,298.00 | $3,830.00 | $22.67–$3,566.00 | 40% |
| Endo Surgery Center Carmel, IN INJ TRANSF EPI L/S+IM+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $2,298.00 | $3,830.00 | $22.67–$3,566.00 | 40% |
| St. Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center Indianapolis, IN · (317) 338-7000 INJ TRANSF EPI L/S+IM File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $2,298.00 | $3,830.00 | $22.67–$3,635.00 | 40% |
| St. Vincent Carmel Hospital Carmel, IN · (317) 582-7000 INJ TRANSF EPI L/S+IM+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $2,298.00 | $3,830.00 | $22.67–$3,635.00 | 40% |
| Naab Road Surgery Center Indianapolis, IN INJ TRANSF EPI L/S+IM+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $2,298.00 | $3,830.00 | $22.67–$3,566.00 | 40% |
| Riverview Health Noblesville, IN · (317) 773-0760 INJ TRANSFORMINAL EPI/LUMB/SACRAL SNGL LEVEL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $2,389.80 | $3,983.00 | — | 40% |
| Orthoindy Hospital Indianapolis, IN BLOCK ESI File of Jun 10, 2026 · source file | $2,513.51 | $3,600.95 | $1,675.67–$3,132.83 | 30% |
| Eskenazi Health Indianapolis, IN · (317) 880-4818 HC Inj Foramen Epidural Ls File of Mar 1, 2026 · source file | $3,330.36 | $3,700.40 | $935.00–$3,700.40 | 10% |
| St. Vincent Carmel Hospital both sides Carmel, IN · (317) 582-7000 INJ TRANSFORAMINAL EPI L/S+IM BI+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $4,596.00 | $7,660.00 | $22.67–$6,693.20 | 40% |
| Naab Road Surgery Center both sides Indianapolis, IN INJ TRANSFORAMINAL EPI L/S+IM BI+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $4,596.00 | $7,660.00 | $22.67–$6,693.20 | 40% |
| Carmel AmbSurg both sides Carmel, IN INJ TRANSFORAMINAL EPI L/S+IM BI+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $4,596.00 | $7,660.00 | $22.67–$6,693.20 | 40% |
| Endo Surgery Center both sides Carmel, IN INJ TRANSFORAMINAL EPI L/S+IM BI+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $4,596.00 | $7,660.00 | $22.67–$6,693.20 | 40% |
| St. Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center both sides Indianapolis, IN · (317) 338-7000 INJ TRANSFORAMINAL EPI L/S+IM BI File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $4,596.00 | $7,660.00 | $22.67–$6,834.00 | 40% |
Outpatient: lowest $685.84, median $2,298.00, highest $2,513.51 — a 3.7× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $4,596.00, median $4,596.00, highest $4,596.00.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $2,298.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 11 of 11 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 3 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What nerve root injection is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Nerve root injection explained.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 64483 ($1,386.60). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Witham Memorial Hospital Lebanon, INInjection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level | $114.66 | file |