Lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance in Pittsburgh, PA
In Pittsburgh, PA, 14 hospitals list a cash price for Lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance: from $1,054.06 to $6,472.80, with a median of $2,703.60. The lowest listed price is at UPMC Washington.
Cash prices at 14 facilities across 10 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 6, 2026 and Apr 14, 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 Pittsburgh, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Washington lowest Washington, PA TRANSFORAMINAL ESI | $1,054.06 | $1,505.80 | 30% | — source file |
| UPMC Washington Washington, PA L-S SELECTIVE NERVE BLOCK | $1,054.06 | $1,505.80 | 30% | — source file |
| Uniontown Hospital Uniontown, PA INJECTION OF ANESTHETIC AND/OR STEROID DRUG INTO SACRAL SPINE NERVE ROOT USING IMAGING GUIDANCE; SINGLE LEVEL | $1,371.00 | $2,742.00 | 50% | — source file |
| UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh, PA INJ ANES/STEROID EPI L/S SGL | $1,656.60 | $2,761.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh, PA TRANSFORAM EPID LUMB/SAC SNGL | $1,656.60 | $2,761.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC East Monroeville, PA INJ ANES LUM/SA TRANSF SNG LEV | $1,935.00 | $3,225.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC East Monroeville, PA INJ FORAMEN EPIDURAL L/S | $1,935.00 | $3,225.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC St Margaret Pittsburgh, PA INJ ANES/STEROID EPI L/S SGL | $1,952.40 | $3,254.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC St Margaret Pittsburgh, PA INJ ANES LUM/SA TRANSF SNG LEV | $1,952.40 | $3,254.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC St Margaret Pittsburgh, PA TRANSFORAM EPID LUMB/SAC SNGL | $1,952.40 | $3,254.00 | 40% | — source file |
| West Penn Allegheny Health System INC Wexford, PA HC INJ ANES FORAMEN EPI LUMB 1ST LVL | $2,503.42 | $3,383.00 | 26% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Jameson New Castle, PA TRANSFORAM EPID LUMB/SAC SNGL | $2,674.80 | $4,458.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh, PA TRANSFORAM EPID LUMB/SAC SNGL | $2,703.60 | $4,506.00 | 40% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh, PA ESI TRNSFML LUM/SAC 1ST LV UNI | $2,703.60 | $4,506.00 | 40% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh, PA INJ ANES LUM/SA TRANSF SNG LEV | $2,703.60 | $4,506.00 | 40% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh, PA INJ EPIDURAL LUMB PLEX SINGLE | $2,703.60 | $4,506.00 | 40% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh, PA INJ ANES/STEROID EPI L/S SGL | $2,703.60 | $4,506.00 | 40% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| Jefferson Regional Medical Center Jefferson Hills, PA HC INJ ANES FORAMEN EPI LUMB 1ST LVL | $2,740.23 | $3,383.00 | 19% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Passavant - McCandless Pittsburgh, PA HC EPIDURAL LUMBAR/SACRAL SINGLE | $2,757.60 | $4,596.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Passavant - McCandless Pittsburgh, PA HC INJ ANES LUM/SA TRANSF SNG LEV | $2,757.60 | $4,596.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Passavant - McCandless Pittsburgh, PA HC INJ ANS TRNSFR EP LM SAC SNG | $2,757.60 | $4,596.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Passavant - McCandless Pittsburgh, PA HC INJ EPIDURAL LUMB/SAC SINGLE | $2,757.60 | $4,596.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC McKeesport McKeesport, PA INJ FORAMEN EPIDURAL L/S | $2,844.60 | $4,741.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Pittsburgh, PA HC EPIDURAL LUMBAR/SACRAL SINGLE | $3,192.60 | $5,321.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Pittsburgh, PA HC ESI TRNSFML LUM/SAC 1ST LV UNI | $3,192.60 | $5,321.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Pittsburgh, PA HC INJ ANES LUM/SA TRANSF SNG LEV | $3,192.60 | $5,321.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Highlands Hospital Connellsville, PA INJ FORAMEN EPIDURAL I/S | $6,466.80 | $10,778.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Monogahela Valley Hospital Monongahela, PA CT GUIDED NERVE BLOCK-LUMBAR | $6,472.80 | $10,788.00 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,054.06, median $2,703.60, highest $6,472.80 — a 6.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $2,703.60. 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.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 64483 ($1,505.00). 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.
| Jefferson Regional Medical Center Jefferson Hills, PAPR NJX AA&/STRD TFRML EPI LUMBAR/SACRAL 1 LEVEL | $59.09 | file |
| West Penn Allegheny Health System INC Wexford, PAPR NJX AA&/STRD TFRML EPI LUMBAR/SACRAL 1 LEVEL | $80.86 | file |