Lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
In Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, 4 hospitals list a cash price for Lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance: from $292.03 to $2,078.46, with a median of $1,258.05. The lowest listed price is at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 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 Oct 1, 2025 and Oct 1, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital lowest Lebanon, TN INJECT ANES/STEROID FORAMEN LUMBAR/SACRAL W IMG GUIDE ,1 LEVEL | $292.03 | $1,007.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN INJECT ANES/STEROID FORAMEN LUMBAR/SACRAL W IMG GUIDE ,1 LEVEL | $543.78 | $1,007.00 | 46% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TN HC INJ EPIDURAL LUMBAR/SACRAL SGL | $1,116.21 | $3,849.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN CT TRANSFOR L/S EPIDUR INJ INI | $1,258.05 | $4,193.50 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN SP INJ TRNSFRMNL L/S W IMAG | $1,258.05 | $4,193.50 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN IR INJ TRNSFRMNL L/S W IMAG | $1,258.05 | $4,193.50 | 70% | — source file |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN HC INJ EPIDURAL LUMBAR/SACRAL SGL | $2,078.46 | $3,849.00 | 46% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $292.03, median $1,258.05, highest $2,078.46 — a 7.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $830.00. 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.