Surgery and procedures CPT 64493 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Lumbar facet injection cost in Carthage, MS — inpatient

In Carthage, MS, 1 hospital lists a cash price for facet joint injection, lower back, one level, with imaging guidance as an inpatient: from $695.25 to $695.25, with a median of $695.25. Across Mississippi, the median is $434.14 at 12 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 64493, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 20, 2026 and Feb 20, 2026.

Lowest$695.25Baptist Memorial Hospital - Leake
Median$695.25half pay less
Highest$695.25in 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 Carthage, MS.

median
Lowest $544.95Highest $695.25
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Baptist Memorial Hospital - Leake lowest Carthage, MS · (601) 267-1422 HC SP L/S FACET JT 1 LEVEL INJ $695.25 $1,545.00 $587.10–$1,081.50 55% Feb 20, 2026
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Baptist Memorial Hospital - Leake both sides Carthage, MS · (601) 267-1422 HC INJECTION LUMBAR/SACRAL FACET SINGLE LEVEL BILATERAL $544.95 $1,211.00 $460.18–$847.70 55% Feb 20, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $695.25, median $695.25, highest $695.25.

Both sides : lowest $544.95, median $544.95, highest $544.95.

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 $695.25 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.