Surgery and procedures CPT 64493 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Lumbar facet injection cost in Grand Junction, CO — inpatient

In Grand Junction, CO, 1 hospital lists a cash price for facet joint injection, lower back, one level, with imaging guidance as an inpatient: from $252.70 to $252.70, with a median of $252.70. Across Colorado, the median is $3,140.20 at 14 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 64493, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$252.70Family Health West Hospital
Median$252.70half pay less
Highest$252.70in 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 Grand Junction, CO.

median
Lowest $252.70Highest $3,018.40
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Family Health West Hospital lowest Fruita, CO · (970) 858-9871 CAH NJX DX/THER AGT PVRT FACET JT LMBR/SAC 1 LEVEL $252.70 $361.00 — 30% —
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Family Health West Hospital lowest Fruita, CO · (970) 858-9871 CAH NJX DX/THER AGT PVRT FACET JT LMBR/SAC 1 LEVEL $252.70 $361.00 — 30% —
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Family Health West Hospital one side Fruita, CO · (970) 858-9871 HC INJ PARAVERT F JNT L/S 1 LEV UNILAT $2,307.90 $3,297.00 — 30% —
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Family Health West Hospital one side Fruita, CO · (970) 858-9871 HC INJ PARAVERT F JNT L/S 1 LEV UNILAT $2,307.90 $3,297.00 — 30% —
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Family Health West Hospital both sides Fruita, CO · (970) 858-9871 HC INJ PARAVERT F JNT L/S 1 LEV BILATERAL $3,018.40 $4,312.00 — 30% —
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Family Health West Hospital both sides Fruita, CO · (970) 858-9871 HC INJ PARAVERT F JNT L/S 1 LEV BILATERAL $3,018.40 $4,312.00 — 30% —
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Inpatient: lowest $252.70, median $252.70, highest $252.70.

Both sides : lowest $3,018.40, median $3,018.40, highest $3,018.40.

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 outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $773.43 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.