Epidural injection, guided cost in Alaska
In Alaska, 11 hospitals publish a cash price for lower-back epidural injection, with imaging guidance: from $1,214.85 to $15,592.91, with a median of $2,536.19. The lowest price is at Ketchikan Medial Center (Ketchikan). The highest price is 12.8× the lowest.
- The median here, $2,536.19, is 85% above the US median of $1,369.55.
- That is 3.5× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($721.17).
- Alaska ranks 47th of 49 states by median, cheapest first.
- 2 of 11 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 62323. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 3, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$1,214.85Ketchikan Medial Center
Median$2,536.19half of hospitals charge less
Highest$15,592.91in Alaska
Lowest saves$1,321.34vs the median
Hospitals in Alaska, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ketchikan Medial Center lowest Ketchikan · Ketchikan, AK NJX INTERLAMINAR LMBR/SAC | $1,214.85 | $1,869.00 | Mar 20, 2026 source file |
| Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center Kodiak · Kodiak, AK HC ED INJ EPI LUMB/SACRAL W IMAGING CDM | $1,256.58 | $1,611.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Seward Hospital Seward · Seward, AK HC ED INJ EPI LUMB/SACRAL W IMAGING CDM | $1,256.58 | $1,611.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Valdez Medical Center Valdez · Valdez, AK HC ED INJ EPI LUMB/SACRAL W IMAGING CDM | $1,256.58 | $1,611.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Fairbanks Memorial Hospital Fairbanks · Fairbanks-College, AK Injection of substance into lower spine canal using imaging guidance | $2,011.25 | $2,117.10 | Jun 16, 2026 source file |
| Bartlett Regional Hospital Juneau · Juneau, AK Injection of substance into lower spine canal using imaging guidance | $2,536.19 | $2,983.75 | Sep 26, 2026 source file |
| Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Anchorage · Anchorage, AK Injection of substance into lower spine canal using imaging guidance | $2,948.00 | $2,948.00 | Oct 15, 2026 source file |
| Providence Alaska Medical Center Anchorage · Anchorage, AK HC INJ W/NDL OR CATH PLCMNT EPIDRL L/S W/IMG | $3,340.74 | $4,283.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| South Peninsula Hospital Homer · Homer, AK Injection of substance into lower spine canal using imaging guidance | $4,214.00 | $5,618.66 | May 11, 2026 source file |
| Central Peninsula General Hospital Soldotna · Soldotna, AK Injection of substance into lower spine canal using imaging guidance | $5,933.00 | $5,933.00 | Aug 19, 2026 source file |
| Mat-Su Valley Medical Center Palmer · Anchorage, AK NJX INTERLAMINAR LMBR/SAC | $15,592.91 | $51,976.35 | Apr 1, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage, AK | 3 | $2,948.00 | $3,340.74 |
| Fairbanks-College, AK | 1 | $2,011.25 | $2,011.25 |
| Homer, AK | 1 | $4,214.00 | $4,214.00 |
| Juneau, AK | 1 | $2,536.19 | $2,536.19 |
| Kodiak, AK | 1 | $1,256.58 | $1,256.58 |
| Ketchikan, AK | 1 | $1,214.85 | $1,214.85 |
| Seward, AK | 1 | $1,256.58 | $1,256.58 |
| Soldotna, AK | 1 | $5,933.00 | $5,933.00 |
| Valdez, AK | 1 | $1,256.58 | $1,256.58 |
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
What epidural injection, guided is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Epidural injection, guided explained.
Lower-back epidural injection, with imaging guidance in other states
- Alabama$1,352.66
- Arizona$1,368.39
- Arkansas$750.00
- California$2,220.40
- Colorado$1,486.40
- Connecticut$2,892.08
- Delaware$2,303.71
- District of Columbia$1,362.32, 3 hospitals
- Florida$2,353.05
- Georgia$1,343.25
- Hawaii$656.25
- Idaho$1,395.45
- Illinois$1,444.15
- Indiana$1,286.25
- Iowa$1,260.80
- Kansas$1,198.45
- Kentucky$904.54
- Louisiana$708.66
- Maine$929.68
- Maryland$2,109.36, 2 hospitals
- Massachusetts$1,744.50
- Michigan$1,030.00
- Minnesota$1,187.55
- Mississippi$472.75
- Missouri$1,430.40
- Montana$612.38
- Nebraska$1,315.80
- Nevada$482.00
- New Hampshire$1,007.33
- New Jersey$2,403.56
- New Mexico$1,595.67
- New York$1,491.75
- North Carolina$1,211.91
- North Dakota$1,112.10
- Ohio$2,036.45
- Oklahoma$731.96
- Oregon$1,580.28
- Pennsylvania$2,094.60
- Puerto Rico$2,100.00, 2 hospitals
- Rhode Island$2,678.00
- South Carolina$1,452.00
- South Dakota$1,729.60
- Tennessee$491.92
- Texas$1,675.50
- Utah$1,261.35
- Vermont$2,078.00
- Virginia$1,685.00
- Washington$1,532.05
- West Virginia$1,108.50
- Wisconsin$1,147.44
- Wyoming$1,272.32
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.