Surgery and procedures CPT 64493 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Lumbar facet injection cost in Visalia, CA — inpatient

In Visalia, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for facet joint injection, lower back, one level, with imaging guidance as an inpatient: from $180.00 to $180.00, with a median of $180.00. The lowest listed price is at Kaweah Health Mental Health Hospital and 1 other hospital. Across California, the median is $2,059.20 at 143 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 64493, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jul 10, 2026 and Jul 14, 2026.

Lowest$180.00Kaweah Health Mental Health Hospital + 1 more
Median$180.00half pay less
Highest$180.00in 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 Visalia, CA.

median
Lowest $180.00Highest $2,226.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Kaweah Health Mental Health Hospital lowest Visalia, CA 64493 Inj Paravert F Jnt L/S 1 Lev $180.00 $180.00 $153.00–$162.00 — Jul 10, 2026
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Kaweah Health Medical Center lowest Visalia, CA · (559) 624-2000 64493 Inj Paravert F Jnt L/S 1 Lev $180.00 $180.00 $85.86–$180.00 — Jul 14, 2026
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Kaweah Health Mental Health Hospital Visalia, CA Inj Facet Jt Lu/Sa 1 Lev $2,226.00 $2,226.00 $1,892.10–$2,003.40 — Jul 10, 2026
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Kaweah Health Medical Center Visalia, CA · (559) 624-2000 Inj Facet Jt Lu/Sa 1 Lev $2,226.00 $2,226.00 $1,061.80–$2,226.00 — Jul 14, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $180.00, median $180.00, highest $180.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $180.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 0 of 2 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.