Surgery and procedures CPT 64493 South Carolina Outpatient

Lumbar facet injection cost in South Carolina

In South Carolina, 12 hospitals publish a cash price for facet joint injection, lower back, one level, with imaging guidance: from $431.40 to $4,064.90, with a median of $2,009.35. The lowest price is at Beaufort Memorial Hospital (Beaufort). The highest price is 9.4× the lowest.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 64493. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 23, 2026.

Lowest$431.40Beaufort Memorial Hospital
Median$2,009.35half pay less
Highest$4,064.90in South Carolina
Lowest saves$1,577.95vs the median

Hospitals in South Carolina, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceFile date
Beaufort Memorial Hospital lowest Beaufort · Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC FACET BLOCK LS 1ST LEVEL $431.40 $719.00 —
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MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades · Cades, SC HB INJECT FACET JT W/IMAGE L/S 1ST L $823.50 $1,647.00 Apr 1, 2026
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MUSC Medical Center Charleston · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HB INJECT FACET JT W/IMAGE L/S 1ST L $1,138.50 $2,277.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Medical University Hospital Authority Orangeburg · Orangeburg, SC HB INJECT FACET JT W/IMAGE L/S 1ST L $1,138.50 $2,277.00 —
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MUSC Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HB INJECT FACET JT W/IMAGE L/S 1ST L $1,749.50 $3,499.00 Apr 1, 2026
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St Francis Hospital Greenville · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC HC N Block Paravert Lumbar 1st $1,768.20 $2,947.00 —
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MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence · Florence, SC HB INJECT FACET JT W/IMAGE L/S 1ST L $2,250.50 $4,501.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Bon Secours St Francis Xavier Hospital Charleston · Charleston-North Charleston, SC Njx Dx/Ther Agt Pvrt Facet Jt Lmbr/Sac 1 Level $2,392.97 $3,988.28 —
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Roper Hospital Charleston · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HC Inj Anes/Steroid L/S Facet Sg $3,161.60 $4,864.00 —
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Roper St Francis Hospital Berkeley Summerville · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HC N Block Paravert Lumbar 1st $3,161.60 $4,864.00 —
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Roper St Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital Mount Pleasant · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HC Inj Anes/Steroid L/S Facet Sg $3,161.60 $4,864.00 —
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Shriners Childrens - Greenville Greenville · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC INJ PARAVERT F JNT L/S 1 LEV $4,064.90 $4,064.90 —
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By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitals LowestMedian
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 5 $1,138.50 $3,161.60
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC 2 $1,768.20 $2,916.55
Cades, SC 1 $823.50 $823.50
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 1 $1,749.50 $1,749.50
Florence, SC 1 $2,250.50 $2,250.50
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC 1 $431.40 $431.40
Orangeburg, SC 1 $1,138.50 $1,138.50

What it is

This injection puts numbing medicine or a steroid into or near a facet joint of the lower back, using imaging to guide the needle.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the injection and imaging guidance. The steroid or other medicine may be billed separately.

Facet joint injection, lower back, one level, with imaging guidance in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.