Lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance in St. Louis, MO-IL
In St. Louis, MO-IL, 7 hospitals list a cash price for Lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance: from $913.25 to $4,155.84, with a median of $2,018.70. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital South.
Cash prices at 7 facilities across 5 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 — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in St. Louis, MO-IL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospital South lowest Saint Louis, MO Inj Epi/Lumb/Sacral Sngl Level | $913.25 | $1,405.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO Inj Transforminal Epi/Lumb/Sacral Sngl Level | $1,494.36 | $2,299.02 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO Inj Epi/Lumb/Sacral Sngl Level Pf | $1,548.95 | $2,383.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO Hchg Inj Epi/Lumb/Sacral Sngl Level Bil Pf | $1,548.95 | $2,383.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospitals East Communities dba Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO Inj Epi/Lumb/Sacral Sngl Level | $1,838.85 | $2,829.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospitals East Communities dba Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO Inj Epi/Lumb/Sacral Sngl Level | $1,838.85 | $2,829.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospitals East Communities dba Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO Inj Transforminal Epi/Lumb/Sacral Sngl Level | $2,198.55 | $3,382.38 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis, MO Inj Transforminal Epi/Lumb/Sacral Sngl Level | $2,207.99 | $3,396.91 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus, MO Inj Transforminal Epi/Lumb/Sacral Sngl Level | $2,380.97 | $3,663.03 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospitals East Communities dba Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO Inj Transforminal Epi/Lumb/Sacral Sngl Level | $2,632.64 | $4,050.22 | 35% | — source file |
| Shriners Childrens - St Louis Saint Louis, MO NJX AA&/STRD TFRM EPI L/S 1 | $4,018.88 | $4,018.88 | — | — source file |
| St Elizabeths Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis O'Fallon, IL HC INJ TRANSF LUMBAR SACRAL SINGLE | $4,155.84 | $5,772.00 | 28% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospitals East Communities dba Mercy Hospital Washington both sides Washington, MO Bilat Inj Epi/Lumb/Sacral Sngl Level | $1,207.70 | $1,858.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital South both sides Saint Louis, MO Bilat Inj Epi/Lumb/Sacral Sngl Level | $1,370.20 | $2,108.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln both sides Troy, MO Bilat Inj Epi/Lumb/Sacral Sngl Level | $1,515.15 | $2,331.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Jefferson both sides Festus, MO Bilat Inj Epi/Lumb/Sacral Sngl Level | $1,640.60 | $2,524.00 | 35% | — source file |
Both sides : lowest $1,207.70, median $1,442.68, highest $1,640.60 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.
Outpatient: lowest $913.25, median $2,018.70, highest $4,155.84 — a 4.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $4,155.84. 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.