Lumbar facet injection cost in Manchester, NH
In Manchester-Nashua, NH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for facet joint injection, lower back, one level, with imaging guidance: from $347.40 to $1,352.52, with a median of $1,086.69. The lowest listed price is at Monadnock Community Hospital — $739.29 less than the median here. Across New Hampshire, the median is $1,086.69 at 5 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 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Manchester-Nashua, NH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monadnock Community Hospital lowest Peterborough, NH · (603) 924-7191 MHP INJ PARAVERT F JNT LS 1 LEV | $347.40 | $579.00 | — | 40% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Elliot Hospital Manchester, NH · (603) 669-5300 Inj Dx/Thera Agent Jt Lumb/Sacr Sngl W/Fluoro Or Ct | $1,086.69 | $2,937.00 | — | 63% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua, NH · (603) 882-3000 HC N BLOCK PARAVERT LUMBAR 1ST | $1,352.52 | $3,468.00 | — | 61% | — source file |
| Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough, NH · (603) 924-7191 CT FACET JT PAIN INJ LS SPINE 1 LEVEL | $1,579.80 | $2,633.00 | — | 40% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $347.40, median $1,086.69, highest $1,352.52 — a 3.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $1,086.69. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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.