Surgery and procedures CPT 64493 Outpatient

Lumbar facet injection cost in Williston, ND

In Williston, ND, 1 hospital lists a cash price for facet joint injection, lower back, one level, with imaging guidance: from $466.32 to $466.32, with a median of $466.32. Across North Dakota, the median is $1,397.25 at 7 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 64493, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$466.32Mercy Medical Center
Median$466.32half pay less
Highest$466.32in 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 Williston, ND.

median
Lowest $175.74Highest $988.90
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Mercy Medical Center lowest Williston, ND · (701) 774-7400 LUM/SAC FAC INJ LVL 1 PM OR $466.32 $804.00 $353.76–$755.76 42% Feb 28, 2026
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Mercy Medical Center one side Williston, ND · (701) 774-7400 LUMBAR FACET INJECTION LT $988.90 $1,705.00 $750.20–$1,602.70 42% Feb 28, 2026
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Mercy Medical Center both sides Williston, ND · (701) 774-7400 LUMBAR FACET INJECTION BI PF $175.74 $303.00 $133.32–$284.82 42% Feb 28, 2026
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Mercy Medical Center both sides Williston, ND · (701) 774-7400 LUM/SAC FAC INJ LVL 1 BI PM OR $932.64 $1,608.00 $707.52–$1,511.52 42% Feb 28, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $466.32, median $466.32, highest $466.32.

Both sides : lowest $175.74, median $175.74, highest $175.74.

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 inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $466.32. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.