Neck epidural injection cost in California

In California, 135 hospitals publish a cash price for epidural steroid injection, neck or mid back, with imaging guidance: from $345.00 to $10,416.45, with a median of $2,437.92. The lowest price is at County of Monterey (Salinas). The highest price is 30.2× the lowest.

• The median here, $2,437.92, is 75% above the US median of $1,391.40.
• That is 3.4× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($721.17).
• California ranks 45th of 46 states by median, cheapest first.
• 38 of 135 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

California law (Health and Safety Code §127405): if you are uninsured or have high medical costs and your family income is at or below 400% of the federal poverty level, a hospital may not expect you to pay more than it would expect from Medicare or Medi-Cal, whichever is greater. That can be less than the cash prices below; ask the hospital for its discount payment policy. A separate physician fee may still apply. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 62321. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 3, 2026. See them on a map