Surgery and procedures CPT 64493 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Lumbar facet injection cost in Nevada, MO — inpatient

In Nevada, MO, 1 hospital lists a cash price for facet joint injection, lower back, one level, with imaging guidance as an inpatient: from $1,368.00 to $1,368.00, with a median of $1,368.00. Across Missouri, the median is $1,039.66 at 42 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 64493, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$1,368.00Nevada City Hospital
Median$1,368.00half pay less
Highest$1,368.00in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Nevada City Hospital Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 PM INJ PARAV F JNT L/S 1 LEV $1,368.00 $3,040.00 — 55% —
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Inpatient: lowest $1,368.00, median $1,368.00, highest $1,368.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,368.00 — 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 64493 ($1,482.45). 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.

Nevada City Hospital Nevada, MOPM INJ PARAV F JNT L/S 1 LEV PF $106.65 file