Epidural steroid injection cost in Kentucky
In Kentucky, 27 hospitals publish a cash price for lower-back epidural injection, without imaging guidance: from $297.16 to $13,617.90, with a median of $801.97. The lowest price is at Rockcastle County Hospital (Mount Vernon). The highest price is 45.8× the lowest.
- The median here, $801.97, is 35% below the US median of $1,235.75.
- That is 0.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($903.63).
- Kentucky ranks 8th of 47 states by median, cheapest first.
- 1 of 27 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 9, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$297.16Rockcastle County Hospital
Median$801.97half of hospitals charge less
Highest$13,617.90in Kentucky
Lowest saves$504.81vs the median
Hospitals in Kentucky, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockcastle County Hospital lowest Mount Vernon · Richmond-Berea, KY Injection of substance into lower spine canal | $297.16 | $391.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Inj Single Lumbar Sacral | $411.03 | $974.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Norton Audubon Hospital Louisville · Louisville, KY HB INJ EPIDURAL L/S W/O IMG | $411.20 | $2,056.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB INJ EPIDURAL L/S W/O IMG | $411.20 | $2,056.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Norton Children's Hospital Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB INJ EPIDURAL L/S W/O IMG | $411.20 | $2,056.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Norton Hospital Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB INJ EPIDURAL L/S W/O IMG | $411.20 | $2,056.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB INJ EPIDURAL L/S W/O IMG | $411.20 | $2,056.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB INJ EPIDURAL L/S W/O IMG | $411.20 | $2,056.00 | Feb 13, 2026 source file |
| Saint Joseph London London · Corbin, KY Inj Single Lumbar Sacral | $478.28 | $1,363.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling · Mount Sterling, KY Inj Single Lumbar Sacral | $524.63 | $1,389.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Saint Joseph East Lexington · Lexington-Fayette, KY Inj Single Lumbar Sacral | $694.51 | $1,654.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| CHI Saint Joseph Berea Nf Berea · Richmond-Berea, KY Inj Single Lumbar Sacral | $740.80 | $1,529.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington · Lexington-Fayette, KY Inj Single Lumbar Sacral | $785.48 | $1,654.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Carroll County Memorial Hospital Carrollton · Carrollton, KY LUM SACRAL CAUDAL INTERLAMINAR ESI | $801.97 | $1,336.61 | Aug 17, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville Madisonville · Madisonville, KY HC EPIDURAL LUMBAR SACRAL WO IMAGING | $884.79 | $6,806.05 | Feb 3, 2026 source file |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Jessamine Nicholasville · Lexington-Fayette, KY Inj Single Lumbar Sacral | $887.21 | $1,654.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Deaconess Henderson Hospital Henderson · Henderson, KY HC EPIDURAL LUMBAR SACRAL WO IMAGING | $910.20 | $3,034.00 | Feb 9, 2026 source file |
| T J Samson Community Hospital Glasgow · Glasgow, KY Injection of substance into lower spine canal | $939.90 | $1,446.00 | Oct 21, 2026 source file |
| Breckinridge Memorial Hospital Hardinsburg · Hardinsburg, KY Injection of substance into lower spine canal | $1,136.93 | $2,273.86 | Jul 16, 2026 source file |
| Harrison Memorial Hospital Cynthiana · Cynthiana, KY NJX INTERLAMINAR LMBR/SAC | $1,166.03 | $1,665.75 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Deaconess Union County Hospital Morganfield · Morganfield, KY HC EPIDURAL LUMBAR SACRAL WO IMAGING | $1,425.98 | $3,034.00 | Feb 13, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Health Lourdes Hospital Paducah · Paducah, KY-IL HC Njx Dx/Ther Sbst Intrlmnr Lmbr/Sac W/O Img Gdn | $1,436.40 | $2,394.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| University of Kentucky Hospital Lexington · Lexington-Fayette, KY Hc Njx Dx/Ther Sbst Intrlmnr Lmbr/Sac W/O Img Gdn | $1,644.26 | $4,110.65 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluegrass Community Hospital Versailles · Lexington-Fayette, KY Injection(s), of diagnostic or therapeutic substance(s) (eg, anesthetic, antispasmodic, opioid, steroid, other solution), not including neurolytic substances, including needle or catheter placement, interlaminar epidural or subarachnoid, lumbar or sacral (caudal); without imaging guidance | $1,725.37 | $4,313.42 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| St Claire Medical Center Morehead · Morehead, KY Injection of substance into lower spine canal | $1,983.75 | $2,645.00 | Jun 18, 2026 source file |
| St Elizabeth Edgewood Edgewood · Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN HB INJ INTERLAMINAR LUMB/SACRAL W/O IMAGING | $3,574.89 | $3,574.89 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Georgetown Community Hospital Georgetown · Lexington-Fayette, KY Injection(s), of diagnostic or therapeutic substance(s) (eg, anesthetic, antispasmodic, opioid, steroid, other solution), not including neurolytic substances, including needle or catheter placement, interlaminar epidural or subarachnoid, lumbar or sacral (caudal); without imaging guidance | $13,617.90 | $34,044.75 | Jul 10, 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
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 6 | $694.51 | $1,265.74 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 6 | $411.03 | $411.20 |
| Richmond-Berea, KY | 2 | $297.16 | $518.98 |
| Carrollton, KY | 1 | $801.97 | $801.97 |
| Cynthiana, KY | 1 | $1,166.03 | $1,166.03 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 1 | $3,574.89 | $3,574.89 |
| Corbin, KY | 1 | $478.28 | $478.28 |
| Glasgow, KY | 1 | $939.90 | $939.90 |
| Hardinsburg, KY | 1 | $1,136.93 | $1,136.93 |
| Henderson, KY | 1 | $910.20 | $910.20 |
| Louisville, KY | 1 | $411.20 | $411.20 |
| Morehead, KY | 1 | $1,983.75 | $1,983.75 |
| Morganfield, KY | 1 | $1,425.98 | $1,425.98 |
| Madisonville, KY | 1 | $884.79 | $884.79 |
| Mount Sterling, KY | 1 | $524.63 | $524.63 |
| Paducah, KY-IL | 1 | $1,436.40 | $1,436.40 |
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
- Iowa$916.30
- Kansas$817.00
- 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.