Lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
In Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, 6 hospitals list a cash price for Lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance: from $1,387.20 to $16,637.75, with a median of $1,783.60. The lowest listed price is at Swedish Health Services.
Cash prices at 6 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Health Services lowest Issaquah, WA HC INJ FORAMEN EPIDURAL L/S | $1,387.20 | $2,890.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Swedish Health Services Seattle, WA HC INJ FORAMEN EPIDURAL L/S | $1,387.20 | $2,890.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Swedish Health Services Seattle, WA HC INJ FORAMEN EPIDURAL L/S | $1,387.20 | $2,890.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, WA INJECTION(S) ANES TRANS, L/S, SNGL | $1,628.94 | $3,194.00 | 49% | — source file |
| Overlake Medical Center & Clinics Bellevue, WA Hc 64483 Transforam Esi Lum 1Lvl Inc Gde | $1,725.00 | $3,450.00 | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Health And Services - Washington Everett, WA HC INJ FORAMEN EPIDURAL L/S | $1,783.60 | $3,430.00 | 48% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Swedish Health Services Seattle, WA HC INJ FORAMEN EPIDURAL L/S | $2,542.08 | $5,296.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Swedish Health Services Seattle, WA HC INJ FORAMEN EPIDURAL L/S | $2,542.08 | $5,296.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Swedish Health Services Issaquah, WA HC INJ FORAMEN EPIDURAL L/S | $2,542.08 | $5,296.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA Inj Foramen | $3,911.60 | $3,911.60 | — | — source file |
| Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA Njx Anes&/Strd W/Img Tfrml Edrl Lmbr/Sac 1 Lvl | $16,637.75 | — | — | — source file |
| Swedish Health Services both sides Issaquah, WA HC INJ FORAMEN EPIDURAL LUMBAR/SACRAL BILATERAL | $1,387.20 | $2,890.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Swedish Health Services both sides Seattle, WA HC INJ FORAMEN EPIDURAL LUMBAR/SACRAL BILATERAL | $1,387.20 | $2,890.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Swedish Health Services both sides Seattle, WA HC INJ FORAMEN EPIDURAL LUMBAR/SACRAL BILATERAL | $1,387.20 | $2,890.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Swedish Health Services both sides Seattle, WA HC INJ FORAMEN EPIDURAL LUMBAR/SACRAL BILATERAL | $2,542.08 | $5,296.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Swedish Health Services both sides Issaquah, WA HC INJ FORAMEN EPIDURAL LUMBAR/SACRAL BILATERAL | $2,542.08 | $5,296.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Swedish Health Services both sides Seattle, WA HC INJ FORAMEN EPIDURAL LUMBAR/SACRAL BILATERAL | $2,542.08 | $5,296.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Both sides : lowest $1,387.20, median $1,964.64, highest $2,542.08 — a 1.8× difference within the same market.
Outpatient: lowest $1,387.20, median $1,783.60, highest $16,637.75 — a 12.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $2,542.08. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $2,542.08. 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.