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Nerve block injection, lower back, with imaging guidance in Chicago, IL-IN costs $191 to $3,377. Here's every hospital's price.

29 hospitals in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN 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 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, 29 hospitals list a cash price for nerve block injection, lower back, with imaging guidance (CPT 64483). The lowest is $191 at Humboldt Park Health, the median is $1,135 and the highest is $3,377 at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 18 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Chicago, IL-IN median of $1,135 is 23% below the national median of $1,481 across 426 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

32 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $46 to $14,756. 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 2025 and August 2026. 49 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.

$191
lowest cash price in Chicago, IL-IN
Humboldt Park Health · 12 mi
$944 below the median
$1,135
median cash price
29 hospitals
18×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
29/82
hospitals with a cash price
49 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Humboldt Park Health

Chicago · 12 mi · File Aug 2026

$191
list $683
2
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange

La Grange · 3 mi · File Apr 2026

$446
list $1,785 · lowest of 2 lines
3
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale

Hinsdale · 5 mi · File Apr 2026

$446
list $1,785 · lowest of 2 lines
4
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Glenoaks

Glendale Heights · 16 mi · File Apr 2026

$446
list $1,785 · lowest of 2 lines
5
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook

Bolingbrook · 14 mi · File Apr 2026

$446
list $1,785 · lowest of 2 lines
6
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial Hospital

Melrose Park · 10 mi · File Mar 2026

$458
list $2,413 · lowest of 4 lines
7
Loyola University Medical Center

Maywood · 7 mi · File Mar 2026

$555
list $2,413 · lowest of 4 lines
8
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics

Chicago · 12 mi · File Apr 2026

$568
list $648 · lowest of 3 lines
9
Northwest Health - Porter

Valparaiso · 43 mi · File Apr 2026

$757
list $2,804 · lowest of 3 lines
10
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - Chicago

Chicago · 16 mi · File Jan 2026

$830
list $2,516 · lowest of 7 lines
11
Advocate Sherman Hospital

Elgin · 33 mi · File Nov 2025

$850
list $1,700 · lowest of 16 lines
12
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

Park Ridge · 19 mi · File Nov 2025

$1,025
list $2,050 · lowest of 24 lines
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 Chicago, IL-IN 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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