Surgery and procedures CPT 64483 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — inpatient

In Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, 6 hospitals list a cash price for Lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance as an inpatient: from $1,628.94 to $3,911.60, with a median of $2,542.08. The lowest listed price is at Virginia Mason Medical Center.

Cash prices at 6 facilities across 4 cities for code 64483, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,628.94Virginia Mason Medical Center
Median$2,542.08half pay less
Highest$3,911.60in this market
Difference2.4×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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA.

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Lowest $1,628.94Highest $3,911.60
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Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Virginia Mason Medical Center lowest Seattle, WA INJECTION(S) ANES TRANS, L/S, SNGL $1,628.94 $3,194.00 49%
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Overlake Medical Center & Clinics Bellevue, WA Hc 64483 Transforam Esi Lum 1Lvl Inc Gde $1,725.00 $3,450.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Health And Services - Washington Everett, WA HC INJ FORAMEN EPIDURAL L/S $1,783.60 $3,430.00 48% Apr 1, 2026
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Swedish Health Services Issaquah, WA HC INJ FORAMEN EPIDURAL L/S $2,542.08 $5,296.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Swedish Health Services Seattle, WA HC INJ FORAMEN EPIDURAL L/S $2,542.08 $5,296.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Swedish Health Services Seattle, WA HC INJ FORAMEN EPIDURAL L/S $2,542.08 $5,296.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA Inj Foramen $3,911.60 $3,911.60
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Swedish Health Services both sides Seattle, WA HC INJ FORAMEN EPIDURAL LUMBAR/SACRAL BILATERAL $2,542.08 $5,296.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Swedish Health Services both sides Issaquah, WA HC INJ FORAMEN EPIDURAL LUMBAR/SACRAL BILATERAL $2,542.08 $5,296.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Swedish Health Services both sides Seattle, WA HC INJ FORAMEN EPIDURAL LUMBAR/SACRAL BILATERAL $2,542.08 $5,296.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Both sides : lowest $2,542.08, median $2,542.08, highest $2,542.08.

Inpatient: lowest $1,628.94, median $2,542.08, highest $3,911.60 — a 2.4× 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 $1,964.64 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $1,783.60 — 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.