SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Lower-back nerve root steroid injection, with imaging guidance in WATERBURY, CT

Cash prices at 2 facilities 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 Mar 31, 2026 and May 13, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Saint Marys Hospital WATERBURY, CT
Njx Aa&/Strd Tfrml Epi Lumbar/Sacral 1 Level
$435.00 Mar 31, 2026
file
Saint Marys Hospital WATERBURY, CT
HC Injection(S) Anesthetic Agent(S)/Steroid Lumb/S Transforaminal Epidural W/Img Single Bl
$3,444.10 Mar 31, 2026
file
Saint Marys Hospital WATERBURY, CT
HC Injection(S) Anesthetic Agent(S)/Steroid Lumb/S Transforaminal Epidural W/Img Single Lt
one side $3,590.40 $6,528.00 45% Mar 31, 2026
file
Saint Marys Hospital WATERBURY, CT
HC Injection(S) Anesthetic Agent(S)/Steroid Lumb/S Transforaminal Epidural W/Img Single Rt
one side $3,590.40 $6,528.00 45% Mar 31, 2026
file
UConn Health, Waterbury Hospital WATERBURY, CT
IR Nerve Root Block Lumbar/Sacral
$3,590.82 $7,181.63 50% May 13, 2026
file
UConn Health, Waterbury Hospital WATERBURY, CT
CT Nerve Root Block Lumbar/Sacral
$3,590.82 $7,181.63 50% May 13, 2026
file
Saint Marys Hospital WATERBURY, CT
HC Injection(S) Anesthetic Agent(S)/Steroid Lumb/S Transforaminal Epidural W/Img Single Bl
$5,386.15 $9,793.00 45% Mar 31, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $435.00, median $3,590.82, highest $5,386.15 — a 12.4× difference within the same market.

One side of the body : lowest $3,590.40, median $3,590.40, highest $3,590.40.

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 inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $3,590.82. 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 1 facility here, median $3,590.40. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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