Surgery and procedures CPT 64493 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Lumbar facet injection cost in Lakeland, FL — inpatient

In Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL, 3 hospitals list a cash price for facet joint injection, lower back, one level, with imaging guidance as an inpatient: from $3,095.60 to $5,849.50, with a median of $5,321.89. The lowest listed price is at Orlando Health Lakeland Highlands Hospital — $2,226.29 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $2,780.51 at 51 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 64493, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$3,095.60Orlando Health Lakeland Highlands Hospital
Median$5,321.89half pay less
Highest$5,849.50in this market
Difference1.9×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 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL.

median
Lowest $3,095.60Highest $5,849.50
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Orlando Health Lakeland Highlands Hospital one side lowest Lakeland, FL Hb Inj Dx/Ther Agnt Paravert Facet Joint,Img Guide,Lumbar/Sac, 1St Level (Right) $3,095.60 $7,739.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Orlando Health Lakeland Highlands Hospital one side lowest Lakeland, FL Hb Inj Dx/Ther Agnt Paravert Facet Joint,Img Guide,Lumbar/Sac, 1St Level (Left) $3,095.60 $7,739.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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AdventHealth Lake Wales Lake Wales, FL · (863) 676-1433 HC INJ DX/THER AGNT PARAVERT FACET JOINT,IMG GUIDE,LUMBAR/SAC, 1ST LEVEL $5,321.89 $5,321.89 — — Apr 1, 2026
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AdventHealth Heart of Florida Davenport, FL · (863) 422-4971 HC INJ DX/THER AGNT PARAVERT FACET JOINT,IMG GUIDE,LUMBAR/SAC, 1ST LEVEL $5,849.50 $5,849.50 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Orlando Health Lakeland Highlands Hospital both sides Lakeland, FL Hb Inj Dx/Ther Agnt Paravert Facet Joint,Img Guide,Lumbar/Sac, 1St Level (Bilateral) $3,095.60 $7,739.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $3,095.60, median $5,321.89, highest $5,849.50 — a 1.9× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $3,095.60, median $3,095.60, highest $3,095.60.

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 3 facilities here, median $5,321.89 — 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.