Nerve root injection cost in Shreveport, LA — inpatient
In Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance as an inpatient: from $339.04 to $365.12, with a median of $352.08. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport — $13.04 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $455.77 at 30 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 64483, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . 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 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport lowest Shreveport, LA · (318) 675-5058 HC EPIDURAL INJ, ANES/STEROID, TRANSFORAMINAL, LUMB/SACR, SNGL LEVL | $339.04 | $1,304.00 | — | 74% | — source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 626-4300 HC EPIDURAL INJ, ANES/STEROID, TRANSFORAMINAL, LUMB/SACR, SNGL LEVL | $365.12 | $1,304.00 | — | 72% | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $339.04, median $352.08, highest $365.12 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $352.08 — 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.