Surgery and procedures CPT 64483 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance in Madison, WI — inpatient

In Madison, WI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance as an inpatient: from $679.90 to $2,335.75, with a median of $1,069.25. The lowest listed price is at Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 64483, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 28, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$679.90Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital
Median$1,069.25half pay less
Highest$2,335.75in this market
Difference3.4×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 Madison, WI.

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Lowest $679.90Highest $4,671.49
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Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital lowest Portage, WI NJX AA&/STRD TFRML EPI LUMBAR/SACRAL 1 LEVEL $679.90 $1,046.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital Portage, WI Pro Njx Aa&/Strd Tfrml Epi Lumbar/Sacral 1 Level $679.90 $1,046.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital Portage, WI Transfor Epidural L/S Single Lvl-CT $1,069.25 $1,645.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Meriter Hospital, Inc Madison, WI PR NJX AA&/STRD TFRML EPI LUMBAR/SACRAL 1 LEVEL $1,721.60 $2,152.00 20% Jan 28, 2026
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Meriter Hospital, Inc Madison, WI HC INJ(S) FORAMEN EPIDURAL L/S SGL LEV $2,335.75 $2,919.68 20% Jan 28, 2026
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Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital both sides Portage, WI Pro Njx Aa&/Strd Tfrml Epi Lumbar/Sacral 1 Level|BILATERAL PROCEDURE|DISC OP HOSP/AMB SURGR CENT (ASC) PROC AFTER ADMIN OF ANESTHES $1,019.85 $1,569.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital both sides Portage, WI Pro Njx Aa&/Strd Tfrml Epi Lumbar/Sacral 1 Level|BILATERAL PROCEDURE $1,019.85 $1,569.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital both sides Portage, WI Pro Njx Aa&/Strd Tfrml Epi Lumbar/Sacral 1 Level|TECHNICAL COMPONENT|BILATERAL PROCEDURE $1,019.85 $1,569.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital both sides Portage, WI Transfor Epidural L/S Single Lvl-CT|BILATERAL PROCEDURE|DISC OP HOSP/AMB SURGR CENT (ASC) PROC AFTER ADMIN OF ANESTHES $1,603.88 $2,467.50 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital both sides Portage, WI Transfor Epidural L/S Single Lvl-CT|BILATERAL PROCEDURE $1,603.88 $2,467.50 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital both sides Portage, WI Transfor Epidural L/S Single Lvl-CT|TECHNICAL COMPONENT|BILATERAL PROCEDURE $1,603.88 $2,467.50 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Meriter Hospital, Inc both sides Madison, WI HC INJ(S) FORAMEN EPID L/S SGL LEV BILAT $4,671.49 $5,839.36 20% Jan 28, 2026
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Both sides : lowest $1,019.85, median $1,603.88, highest $4,671.49 — a 4.6× difference within the same market.

Inpatient: lowest $679.90, median $1,069.25, highest $2,335.75 — a 3.4× 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 2 facilities here, median $1,603.88 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,069.25 — 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.