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Nerve block injection, lower back, with imaging guidance in Austin, TX costs $958 to $2,285. Here's every hospital's price.

6 hospitals in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area publish a cash price for nerve block injection, lower back, with imaging guidance (CPT 64483). We read their files every month so you don't have to.

Across the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area, 6 hospitals list a cash price for nerve block injection, lower back, with imaging guidance (CPT 64483). The lowest is $958 at Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital, the median is $2,285 and the highest is $2,285 at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- Austin. The most expensive hospital lists 2.4 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Austin, TX median of $2,285 is 54% above the national median of $1,481 across 426 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

14 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $71 to $4,927. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which is sometimes higher than the cash price; you may ask for the cash price instead.

The files behind these prices are dated between January 2026 and June 2026. 10 other hospitals in the metro area have no readable price for this code: some publish no file, some block automated reading, some leave the code out. They are listed below so you can call them.

$958
lowest cash price in Austin, TX
Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital · 9 mi
$1,327 below the median
$2,285
median cash price
6 hospitals
2.4×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
6/24
hospitals with a cash price
10 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital

Austin · 9 mi · File Jan 2026

$958
list $2,660 · lowest of 2 lines
2
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center -Taylor

Taylor · 28 mi · File Jun 2026

$2,285
list $3,808 · lowest of 4 lines
3
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock

Round Rock · 22 mi · File Jun 2026

$2,285
list $3,808 · lowest of 28 lines
4
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Pflugerville

Pflugerville · 14 mi · File Jun 2026

$2,285
list $3,808 · lowest of 4 lines
5
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda

Buda · 16 mi · File Jun 2026

$2,285
list $3,808 · lowest of 28 lines
6
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- Austin

Austin · 11 mi · File Jun 2026

$2,285
list $3,808 · lowest of 44 lines
7
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin

Austin · 7 mi · File Jan 2026

8
Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-San Marcos

San Marcos · 33 mi · File Jan 2026

9
Ascension Seton Southwest

Austin · 14 mi · File Jan 2026

10
Ascension Seton Northwest

Austin · 12 mi · File Jan 2026

11
Ascension Seton Edgar B Davis

Luling · 40 mi · File Jan 2026

12
Ascension Seton Cedar Park

Cedar Park · 22 mi · File Jan 2026

1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 64483. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.

2

Cash vs. insured

Cash is what you pay without insurance. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which can be higher than cash. You may ask for the cash price.

3

What to say on the phone

"I'd like the self-pay price for CPT 64483, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."

About nerve block injection, lower back, with imaging guidance

CPT 64483 is a transforaminal epidural injection at one level of the lumbar or sacral spine, under imaging guidance: steroid and anesthetic placed precisely where a nerve root exits the spine. It is used for sciatica and nerve pain from a disc or narrowing, and as a diagnostic test before surgery. Additional levels use an add-on code (64484).

What the price covers

The hospital's price is the facility fee for the procedure room, fluoroscopy, nursing and supplies for one level. The physician, sedation and additional levels are separate. A series of injections is common.

Why prices vary

As with other spinal injections, hospital outpatient prices are typically several times those of pain clinics and ambulatory surgery centers for the same procedure. Within hospitals, large systems list the highest charges.

Questions to ask

  • What is the self-pay price for 64483 per level, and what does the physician add?
  • How many levels and how many sessions are planned?
  • Is a pain clinic or surgery center an option for the same injection?

Hospitals in Austin, TX without a price for this procedure

Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.

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