Surgery and procedures CPT 64483 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — inpatient

In Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, 7 hospitals list a cash price for Lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance as an inpatient: from $1,572.30 to $2,389.80, with a median of $2,298.00. The lowest listed price is at Eskenazi Health.

Cash prices at 7 facilities across 3 cities for code 64483, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$1,572.30Eskenazi Health
Median$2,298.00half pay less
Highest$2,389.80in this market
Difference1.5×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 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN.

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Lowest $1,572.30Highest $4,596.00
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Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Eskenazi Health lowest Indianapolis, IN HC Inj Foramen Epidural Ls $1,572.30 $1,747.00 10%
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Rehabilitation Hospital Of Indiana, Inc. Indianapolis, IN 64483 Injection Transforaminal Epidural Lumbar or Sacral RHI $1,649.01 $2,893.00 43%
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Rehabilitation Hospital Of Indiana, Inc. Indianapolis, IN 64483 Injection Transforaminal Epidural Lumbar or Sacral RHI $1,649.01 $2,893.00 43%
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Naab Road Surgery Center Indianapolis, IN INJ TRANSF EPI L/S+IM $2,298.00 $3,830.00 40%
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Carmel AmbSurg Carmel, IN INJ TRANSF EPI L/S+IM $2,298.00 $3,830.00 40%
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Endo Surgery Center Carmel, IN INJ TRANSF EPI L/S+IM $2,298.00 $3,830.00 40%
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Naab Road Surgery Center Indianapolis, IN INJ TRANSF EPI L/S+IM $2,298.00 $3,830.00 40%
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St. Vincent Carmel Hospital, Inc. Carmel, IN INJ TRANSF EPI L/S+IM $2,298.00 $3,830.00 40%
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Riverview Health Noblesville, IN INJ TRANSFORMINAL EPI/LUMB/SACRAL SNGL LEVEL $2,389.80 $3,983.00 40%
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St. Vincent Carmel Hospital, Inc. both sides Carmel, IN INJ TRANSFORAMINAL EPI L/S+IM BI $4,596.00 $7,660.00 40%
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Carmel AmbSurg both sides Carmel, IN INJ TRANSFORAMINAL EPI L/S+IM BI $4,596.00 $7,660.00 40%
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Naab Road Surgery Center both sides Indianapolis, IN INJ TRANSFORAMINAL EPI L/S+IM BI $4,596.00 $7,660.00 40%
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Endo Surgery Center both sides Carmel, IN INJ TRANSFORAMINAL EPI L/S+IM BI $4,596.00 $7,660.00 40%
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Naab Road Surgery Center both sides Indianapolis, IN INJ TRANSFORAMINAL EPI L/S+IM BI $4,596.00 $7,660.00 40%
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Both sides : lowest $4,596.00, median $4,596.00, highest $4,596.00.

Inpatient: lowest $1,572.30, median $2,298.00, highest $2,389.80 — a 1.5× 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 5 facilities here, median $4,596.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $2,298.00 — 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.