Surgery and procedures CPT 64483 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — inpatient

In Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance as an inpatient: from $211.30 to $4,316.00, with a median of $1,065.99. The lowest listed price is at Allen Memorial Hospital Corporation.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 64483, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 28, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.

Lowest$211.30Allen Memorial Hospital Corporation
Median$1,065.99half pay less
Highest$4,316.00in this market
Difference20.4×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 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA.

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Lowest $211.30Highest $4,316.00
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Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Allen Memorial Hospital Corporation lowest Waterloo, IA HC INJ(S) FORAMEN EPIDURAL L/S SGL LEV (REGENEXX) $211.30 $264.12 20% Jan 28, 2026
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Covenant Medical Center Inc Waterloo, IA Njx Aa&/Strd Tfrml Epi Lumbar/Sacral 1 Level $347.00 $347.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Allen Memorial Hospital Corporation Waterloo, IA PR NJX AA&/STRD TFRML EPI LUMBAR/SACRAL 1 LEVEL $582.40 $728.00 20% Jan 28, 2026
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Allen Memorial Hospital Corporation Waterloo, IA HC INJ(S) FORAMEN EPIDURAL L/S SGL LEV $1,549.58 $1,936.97 20% Jan 28, 2026
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Covenant Medical Center Inc one side Waterloo, IA HC Injection(S) Anesthetic Agent(S)/Steroid Lumb/S Transforaminal Epidural W/Img Single Lt $2,877.55 $4,427.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Sartori Memorial Hospital Inc one side Cedar Falls, IA HC Injection(S) Anesthetic Agent(S)/Steroid Lumb/S Transforaminal Epidural W/Img Single Lt $2,877.55 $4,427.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Sartori Memorial Hospital Inc one side Cedar Falls, IA HC Injection(S) Anesthetic Agent(S)/Steroid Lumb/S Transforaminal Epidural W/Img Single Rt $2,877.55 $4,427.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Covenant Medical Center Inc one side Waterloo, IA HC Injection(S) Anesthetic Agent(S)/Steroid Lumb/S Transforaminal Epidural W/Img Single Rt $2,877.55 $4,427.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Sartori Memorial Hospital Inc Cedar Falls, IA HC Injection(S) Anesthetic Agent(S)/Steroid Lumb/S Transforaminal Epidural W/Img Single Bl $4,316.00 $6,640.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Covenant Medical Center Inc Waterloo, IA HC Injection(S) Anesthetic Agent(S)/Steroid Lumb/S Transforaminal Epidural W/Img Single Bl $4,316.00 $6,640.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Allen Memorial Hospital Corporation both sides Waterloo, IA HC INJ(S) FORAMEN EPID L/S SGL LEV BILAT $3,099.16 $3,873.94 20% Jan 28, 2026
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Both sides : lowest $3,099.16, median $3,099.16, highest $3,099.16.

Inpatient: lowest $211.30, median $1,065.99, highest $4,316.00 — a 20.4× difference within the same market.

One side of the body : lowest $2,877.55, median $2,877.55, highest $2,877.55.

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 1 facility here, median $3,099.16 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $2,932.79 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $2,877.55 — 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.