Lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance in Caro, MI
In Caro, MI, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance: from $544.70 to $544.70, with a median of $544.70. Across Michigan, the median is $1,061.00 at 46 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Dec 31, 2025 and Dec 31, 2025.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLaren Caro Region Caro, MI SP Injection Transforaminal Epidural W/Image; Lumbar or Sacral, Single 64483 | $544.70 | $1,089.30 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $544.70, median $544.70, highest $544.70.
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.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 64483 ($1,482.45). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| McLaren Caro Region Caro, MIXR Injection Lmbr/Scrl Foramina Epidural - Report | $95.90 | file |
| McLaren Caro Region Caro, MICT Injection Lmbr/Scrl Foramina Epidural - Report | $95.90 | file |
| McLaren Caro Region Caro, MIInjection Anesthetic/Steroid Transforaminal w/Guide Lumbar/Sacral Single Lvl 64483 | $131.60 | file |