Lumbar facet injection cost in Bad Axe, MI
In Bad Axe, MI, 1 hospital lists a cash price for facet joint injection, lower back, one level, with imaging guidance: from $168.40 to $168.40, with a median of $168.40. Across Michigan, the median is $1,176.00 at 45 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 Dec 31, 2025 and Dec 31, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Bad Axe, MI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLaren Thumb Region lowest Bad Axe, MI · (989) 269-9521 SP Injection Paravertical Facet Joint Lumbar or Sacral W/Image Guidance Single 64493 | $168.40 | $336.80 | $58.15–$145.40 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Thumb Region both sides Bad Axe, MI · (989) 269-9521 XR Facet Injection Lumb/Sacr Bilat - Report | $168.40 | $336.80 | $58.15–$145.40 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $168.40, median $168.40, highest $168.40.
Both sides : lowest $168.40, median $168.40, highest $168.40.
Cash or insurance?
At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 64493 ($1,512.38). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| McLaren Thumb Region Bad Axe, MIInj Paravert Facet Jnt Lumbar/Sacral W/Guide Single Lvl 64493 | $112.90 | file |