Surgery and procedures CPT 64493 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Lumbar facet injection cost in Providence, RI — inpatient

In Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for facet joint injection, lower back, one level, with imaging guidance as an inpatient: from $711.00 to $4,165.16, with a median of $2,700.00. The lowest listed price is at Rhode Island Hospital — $1,989.00 less than the median here. Across Rhode Island, the median is $1,372.80 at 5 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 cities for code 64493, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$711.00Rhode Island Hospital
Median$2,700.00half pay less
Highest$4,165.16in this market
Difference5.9×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 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA.

median
Lowest $711.00Highest $4,165.16

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Rhode Island Hospital lowest Providence, RI · (401) 444-4000 HC PR INJ FACET JT LUM/SAC 1ST LEV $711.00 $711.00 — — —
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Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI · (401) 444-4000 HC INJ FACET JT LUM/SAC 1ST LEVEL $2,700.00 $2,700.00 — — —
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The Miriam Hospital Providence, RI · (401) 793-2500 HC INJ FACET JT LUM/SAC 1ST LEVEL $2,700.00 $2,700.00 — — —
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Newport Hospital Newport, RI · (401) 846-6400 HC INJ FACET JT LUM/SAC 1ST LEVEL $2,700.00 $2,700.00 — — —
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Brown University Health Morton Hospital Taunton, MA · (508) 828-7000 HC INJ FACET JT LUM/SAC 1ST LEVEL $3,659.51 $3,659.51 — — —
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Saint Anne's Hospital Fall River, MA · (508) 674-5600 HC INJ FACET JT LUM/SAC 1ST LEVEL $4,165.16 $4,165.16 — — —
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Inpatient: lowest $711.00, median $2,700.00, highest $4,165.16 — a 5.9× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $2,700.00 — 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.