Surgery and procedures CPT 64493 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Lumbar facet injection cost in Manchester, NH — inpatient

In Manchester-Nashua, NH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for facet joint injection, lower back, one level, with imaging guidance as an inpatient: 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 inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$347.40Monadnock Community Hospital
Median$1,086.69half pay less
Highest$1,352.52in this market
Difference3.9×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 Manchester-Nashua, NH.

median
Lowest $347.40Highest $1,579.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile 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
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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
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St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua, NH · (603) 882-3000 HC N BLOCK PARAVERT LUMBAR 1ST $1,352.52 $3,468.00 — 61% —
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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
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Inpatient: lowest $347.40, median $1,086.69, highest $1,352.52 — a 3.9× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $1,086.69 — 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.