Surgery and procedures CPT 64493 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Lumbar facet injection cost in Rockford, IL — inpatient

In Rockford, IL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for facet joint injection, lower back, one level, with imaging guidance as an inpatient: from $711.61 to $711.61, with a median of $711.61. Across Illinois, the median is $1,490.00 at 77 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 64493, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 1, 2026 and Mar 1, 2026.

Lowest$711.61Rockford Memorial Hospital
Median$711.61half pay less
Highest$711.61in this market
Difference1.0×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 Rockford, IL.

median
Lowest $711.61Highest $6,206.23
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Rockford Memorial Hospital lowest Rockford, IL · (815) 968-6861 HC PBB NJX DX/THER AGT PVRT FACET JT LMBR/SAC 1 LEVEL $711.61 $948.81 — 25% Mar 1, 2026
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Rockford Memorial Hospital one side Rockford, IL · (815) 968-6861 HC INJ PARAVERT F JNT L/S 1 LEV UNILATERAL $3,515.24 $4,686.99 — 25% Mar 1, 2026
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Rockford Memorial Hospital both sides Rockford, IL · (815) 968-6861 HC INJ PARAVERT F JNT L/S 1 LEV BILATERAL $6,206.23 $8,274.97 — 25% Mar 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $711.61, median $711.61, highest $711.61.

Both sides : lowest $6,206.23, median $6,206.23, highest $6,206.23.

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 1 facility here, median $711.61 — 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.