Surgery and procedures CPT 64493 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Lumbar facet injection cost in Presque Isle, ME — inpatient

In Presque Isle, ME, 1 hospital lists a cash price for facet joint injection, lower back, one level, with imaging guidance as an inpatient: from $885.78 to $885.78, with a median of $885.78. Across Maine, the median is $893.36 at 13 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 — and —.

Lowest$885.78The Aroostook Medical Center
Median$885.78half pay less
Highest$885.78in 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 Presque Isle, ME.

median
Lowest $885.78Highest $885.78

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
The Aroostook Medical Center lowest Presque Isle, ME INJECT PARAVERTEBRAL L/S $885.78 $4,218.00 $2,741.70–$3,146.63 79% —
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The Aroostook Medical Center lowest Presque Isle, ME OFF INJ PARAVERT L/S 1 LEV FF $885.78 $4,218.00 $2,741.70–$3,146.63 79% —
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Inpatient: lowest $885.78, median $885.78, highest $885.78.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $885.78 — 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 and 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.

5 rows held back from this comparison

They are 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.

The Aroostook Medical Center Presque Isle, MEOFF INJ PARAVERT L/S 1 LEV $79.17 file
The Aroostook Medical Center Presque Isle, MEL/S FACET BLOCK $79.17 file
The Aroostook Medical Center Presque Isle, MEINJ PARAVERTEBRAL L/S $79.17 file
The Aroostook Medical Center Presque Isle, MEINJ PARAVERT L/S SINGLE LEVEL $79.17 file
The Aroostook Medical Center Presque Isle, MEHOSP INJ PARAVERT L/S 1 LEV $79.17 file