Epidural steroid injection cost in Iowa
In Iowa, 38 hospitals publish a cash price for lower-back epidural injection, without imaging guidance: from $189.24 to $2,834.29, with a median of $916.30. The lowest price is at Veterans Memorial Hospital City of Waukon Ia (Waukon). The highest price is 15.0× the lowest.
- The median here, $916.30, is 26% below the US median of $1,235.75.
- That is about the same as Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($903.63).
- Iowa ranks 14th of 47 states by median, cheapest first.
- 5 of 38 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 62322. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 5, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$189.24Veterans Memorial Hospital City of Waukon Ia
Median$916.30half of hospitals charge less
Highest$2,834.29in Iowa
Lowest saves$727.06vs the median
Hospitals in Iowa, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterans Memorial Hospital City of Waukon Ia lowest Waukon · Waukon, IA Injection of substance into lower spine canal | $189.24 | $332.00 | Oct 8, 2026 source file |
| Waverly Health Center Waverly · Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Injection of substance into lower spine canal | $231.92 | $446.00 | Oct 19, 2026 source file |
| Dallas County Hospital Perry · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA PR-INJECTION, SINGLE-LUMBAR,SACRAL | $307.00 | $473.00 | May 29, 2026 source file |
| Boone County Hospital Boone · Ames, IA Injection of substance into lower spine canal | $422.40 | $528.00 | Jul 27, 2026 source file |
| Sioux Center Health Sioux Center · Sioux Center, IA | $423.89 | $437.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Van Diest Medical Center Webster City · Webster City, IA ITM | $424.80 | $531.00 | Feb 5, 2026 source file |
| Alegent Health - Mercy Hospital, Corning Iowa Corning · Corning, IA HC NJX INTERLAMINAR LMBR SAC WO IMG GDN | $445.95 | $991.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Njx Interlaminar Lmbr/Sac | $456.00 | $456.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| St Lukes Regional Medical Center Sioux City · Sioux City, IA-NE-SD HC INJ INTERLAM L/S WO IMG | $475.82 | $594.77 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| Alegent Health Community Memorial Hospital of Missouri Valley, Iowa Missouri Valley · Omaha, NE-IA HC NJX INTERLAMINAR LMBR SAC WO IMG GDN | $495.50 | $991.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Hansen Family Hospital Iowa Falls · Iowa Falls, IA Injection of substance into lower spine canal | $529.00 | $529.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Kossuth Regional Health Center Algona · Algona, IA Injection of substance into lower spine canal | $607.20 | $759.00 | Jul 16, 2026 source file |
| CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs · Omaha, NE-IA HC NJX INTERLAMINAR LMBR SAC WO IMG GDN | $644.14 | $1,498.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital Council Bluffs · Omaha, NE-IA Intrathecal Injection | $680.70 | $2,269.00 | Feb 15, 2026 source file |
| Jefferson County Hospital Fairfield · Fairfield, IA Injection of substance into lower spine canal | $685.20 | $1,142.00 | Aug 20, 2026 source file |
| Wayne County Hospital Corydon · Corydon, IA Injection of substance into lower spine canal | $720.00 | $720.00 | Jun 10, 2026 source file |
| Guthrie County Hospital Guthrie Center · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Injection of substance into lower spine canal | $817.00 | $817.00 | Sep 26, 2026 source file |
| Cherokee Regional Medical Center Cherokee · Cherokee, IA HC INJ INTERLAM L/S WO IMG | $825.30 | $917.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA HC Injection(S) Epidural Lumbar Needle Placement W/O Guidance | $850.20 | $1,308.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Grundy County Memorial Hospital Grundy Center · Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA HC INJ INTERLAM L/S WO IMG | $982.40 | $1,228.00 | Jun 29, 2026 source file |
| Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinic West Union · West Union, IA HCHG 62322 PR INJ DIAG/THER SUBSTANCE W/CATH PLC | $1,053.16 | $1,773.00 | Jun 27, 2026 source file |
| Hawarden Regional Healthcare Harwarden · Harwarden, IA EPIDURAL LUMBAR SACRAL W/O GUIDANCE | $1,204.31 | $1,416.83 | Apr 24, 2026 source file |
| Buena Vista Regional Medical Center Storm Lake · Storm Lake, IA HC INJ INTERLAM L/S WO IMG | $1,240.00 | $1,550.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| The Finley Hospital Dubuque · Dubuque, IA HC INJ INTERLAM L/S WO IMG | $1,246.63 | $1,558.28 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center Sumner · Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA HC INJ INTERLAM L/S WO IMG | $1,280.00 | $1,600.00 | Jun 18, 2026 source file |
| Loring Hospital Sac City · Sac City, IA HC INJ INTERLAM L/S WO IMG | $1,374.40 | $1,718.00 | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| Trinity - Bettendorf Bettendorf · Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL HC INJ INTERLAM L/S WO IMG | $1,555.29 | $1,944.11 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| Unity Healthcare Muscatine · Muscatine, IA HC INJ INTERLAM L/S WO IMG | $1,555.29 | $1,944.11 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down Iowa City · Iowa City, IA HB INJECTION(S), EPIDURAL/ SUBARACHNOID; LUMBAR OR SACRAL; W/O IMG | $1,664.60 | $2,378.00 | Mar 11, 2026 source file |
| University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics Iowa City · Iowa City, IA HB INJECTION(S), EPIDURAL/ SUBARACHNOID; LUMBAR OR SACRAL; W/O IMG | $1,664.60 | $2,378.00 | Mar 11, 2026 source file |
| Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge · Fort Dodge, IA HC INJ INTERLAM L/S WO IMG | $1,669.97 | $2,087.46 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| Allen Hospital Waterloo · Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA HC INJ INTERLAM L/S WO IMG | $1,731.68 | $2,164.59 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| UnityPoint Health Marshalltown Marshalltown · Marshalltown, IA HC INJ INTERLAM L/S WO IMG | $1,731.68 | $2,164.59 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Medical Center - New Hampton New Hampton · New Hampton, IA HC Injection(S) Epidural Lumbar Needle Placement W/O Guidance | $1,736.15 | $2,671.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa · Cedar Rapids, IA HC INJ INTERLAM L/S WO IMG | $1,962.22 | $2,452.77 | Jan 28, 2026 source file |
| Lakes Regional Hospital Spirit Lake · Spirit Lake, IA | $2,072.90 | $2,182.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville · Centerville, IA HC Injection(S) Epidural Lumbar Needle Placement W/O Guidance | $2,671.00 | $2,671.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Luke's Methodist Hospital Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids, IA HC INJ INTERLAM L/S WO IMG | $2,834.29 | $3,542.86 | Jan 28, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 4 | $307.00 | $636.50 |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 4 | $231.92 | $1,131.20 |
| Omaha, NE-IA | 3 | $495.50 | $644.14 |
| Iowa City, IA | 2 | $1,664.60 | $1,664.60 |
| Algona, IA | 1 | $607.20 | $607.20 |
| Ames, IA | 1 | $422.40 | $422.40 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 1 | $2,834.29 | $2,834.29 |
| Centerville, IA | 1 | $2,671.00 | $2,671.00 |
| Cherokee, IA | 1 | $825.30 | $825.30 |
| Corning, IA | 1 | $445.95 | $445.95 |
| Corydon, IA | 1 | $720.00 | $720.00 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 1 | $1,962.22 | $1,962.22 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 1 | $1,555.29 | $1,555.29 |
| Dubuque, IA | 1 | $1,246.63 | $1,246.63 |
| Fairfield, IA | 1 | $685.20 | $685.20 |
| Fort Dodge, IA | 1 | $1,669.97 | $1,669.97 |
| Harwarden, IA | 1 | $1,204.31 | $1,204.31 |
| Iowa Falls, IA | 1 | $529.00 | $529.00 |
| Marshalltown, IA | 1 | $1,731.68 | $1,731.68 |
| Muscatine, IA | 1 | $1,555.29 | $1,555.29 |
| New Hampton, IA | 1 | $1,736.15 | $1,736.15 |
| Sac City, IA | 1 | $1,374.40 | $1,374.40 |
| Sioux Center, IA | 1 | $423.89 | $423.89 |
| Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 1 | $475.82 | $475.82 |
| Spirit Lake, IA | 1 | $2,072.90 | $2,072.90 |
| Storm Lake, IA | 1 | $1,240.00 | $1,240.00 |
| Waukon, IA | 1 | $189.24 | $189.24 |
| Webster City, IA | 1 | $424.80 | $424.80 |
| West Union, IA | 1 | $1,053.16 | $1,053.16 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
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Lower-back epidural injection, without imaging guidance in other states
- Alabama$1,127.00
- Alaska$1,748.55
- Arizona$1,085.38
- Arkansas$614.28
- California$1,790.10
- Colorado$1,223.50
- Connecticut$1,861.75
- Delaware$2,220.96, 3 hospitals
- District of Columbia$1,431.17, 3 hospitals
- Florida$2,198.30
- Georgia$1,660.80
- Hawaii$1,192.45
- Idaho$1,284.83
- Illinois$1,455.00
- Indiana$1,413.60
- Kansas$817.00
- Kentucky$801.97
- Louisiana$391.24
- Maine$905.55
- Maryland$232.00, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$1,411.50
- Michigan$1,125.00
- Minnesota$1,109.60
- Mississippi$520.00
- Missouri$1,114.20
- Montana$422.40
- Nebraska$777.46
- Nevada$936.00
- New Hampshire$891.38
- New Jersey$1,979.00
- New Mexico$1,099.98
- New York$1,455.10
- North Carolina$1,226.50
- North Dakota$1,046.05
- Ohio$1,623.75
- Oklahoma$625.48
- Oregon$1,563.58
- Pennsylvania$1,917.23
- Puerto Rico$2,100.00, 3 hospitals
- Rhode Island$2,700.00
- South Carolina$1,577.40
- South Dakota$1,316.70
- Tennessee$691.58
- Texas$1,231.38
- Utah$1,555.68, 3 hospitals
- Vermont$1,747.16
- Virginia$1,503.35
- Washington$1,141.44
- West Virginia$1,157.50
- Wisconsin$824.85
- Wyoming$914.38
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.