Epidural injection, guided cost in California

In California, 155 hospitals publish a cash price for lower-back epidural injection, with imaging guidance: from $275.00 to $10,026.74, with a median of $2,220.40. The lowest price is at Pioneers Memorial Hospital (Brawley). The highest price is 36.5× the lowest.

• The median here, $2,220.40, is 62% above the US median of $1,369.55.
• That is 3.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($721.17).
• California ranks 43rd of 49 states by median, cheapest first.
• 41 of 155 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 62323. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 3, 2026. See them on a map