Surgery and procedures CPT 64493 Outpatient

Lumbar facet injection cost in Bay City, MI

In Bay City, MI, 1 hospital lists a cash price for facet joint injection, lower back, one level, with imaging guidance: from $168.40 to $168.40, with a median of $168.40. Across Michigan, the median is $1,176.00 at 45 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 64493, 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.

Lowest$168.40McLaren Bay Region
Median$168.40half pay less
Highest$168.40in this market
Difference1.0×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 Bay City, MI.

median
Lowest $168.40Highest $514.50
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
McLaren Bay Region lowest Bay City, MI · (989) 894-9510 SP Injection Paravertical Facet Joint Lumbar or Sacral W/Image Guidance Single 64493 $168.40 $336.80 $58.15–$145.40 50% Dec 31, 2025
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McLaren Bay Region one side Bay City, MI · (989) 894-9510 64493- IR Inj Paravert F Jnt L/S 1 Level RT $514.50 $1,029.00 $486.99–$1,389.25 50% Dec 31, 2025
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McLaren Bay Region one side Bay City, MI · (989) 894-9510 64493-XR Facet Injection Lumb/Sacr Right $514.50 $1,029.00 $486.99–$1,389.25 50% Dec 31, 2025
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McLaren Bay Region one side Bay City, MI · (989) 894-9510 64493- IR Inj Paravert F Jnt L/S 1 Level LT $514.50 $1,029.00 $486.99–$1,389.25 50% Dec 31, 2025
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McLaren Bay Region Bay City, MI · (989) 894-9510 Inj Paravert Facet Jnt Lumbar/Sacral W/Guide Single Lvl 64493 $514.50 $1,029.00 $486.99–$1,389.25 50% Dec 31, 2025
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McLaren Bay Region one side Bay City, MI · (989) 894-9510 64493-XR Facet Injection Lumb/Sacr Left $514.50 $1,029.00 $486.99–$1,389.25 50% Dec 31, 2025
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McLaren Bay Region both sides Bay City, MI · (989) 894-9510 XR Facet Injection Lumb/Sacr Bilat - Report $168.40 $336.80 $58.15–$145.40 50% Dec 31, 2025
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McLaren Bay Region both sides Bay City, MI · (989) 894-9510 64493-XR Facet Injection Lumb/Sacr Bilat $514.50 $1,029.00 $486.99–$1,389.25 50% Dec 31, 2025
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Outpatient: lowest $168.40, median $168.40, highest $168.40.

Both sides : lowest $168.40, median $168.40, highest $168.40.

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.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

This injection puts numbing medicine or a steroid into or near a facet joint of the lower back, using imaging to guide the needle.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the injection and imaging guidance. The steroid or other medicine may be billed separately.