Lumbar facet injection cost in Lancaster, PA
In Lancaster, PA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for facet joint injection, lower back, one level, with imaging guidance: from $1,318.80 to $1,677.65, with a median of $1,512.80. The lowest listed price is at UPMC Lititz — $194.00 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $1,512.80 at 51 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities 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 — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Lancaster, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Lititz lowest Lititz, PA · (717) 625-2000 HC INJ FCET JT LMB SCR SNG W/IMAG | $1,318.80 | $2,198.00 | $251.05–$3,397.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Ephrata Community Hospital Ephrata, PA · (717) 733-0311 Inject Lower or Sacral Spine Facet Joint W Image Guide, Single Level | $1,512.80 | $1,891.00 | $90.01–$3,942.97 | 20% | — source file |
| Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster, PA · (223) 287-9000 64493 XR Inj Facet LS Spine Paravert 1 Lvl Tech | $1,677.65 | $5,787.00 | $737.72–$4,629.60 | 71% | — source file |
| Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster, PA · (223) 287-9000 64493 PM Facet Inj LS Spine 1 Lvl Tech | $1,677.65 | $5,787.00 | $737.72–$4,629.60 | 71% | — source file |
| Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster, PA · (223) 287-9000 64493 INJ PARAVERT F JNT L/S 1 LEV Tech | $1,677.65 | $5,787.00 | $737.72–$4,629.60 | 71% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,318.80, median $1,512.80, highest $1,677.65 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $1,512.80. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. 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.