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Nerve block injection, lower back, with imaging guidance in Houston, TX costs $115 to $5,878. Here's every hospital's price.

18 hospitals in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area, 18 hospitals list a cash price for nerve block injection, lower back, with imaging guidance (CPT 64483). The lowest is $115 at University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, the median is $1,200 and the highest is $5,878 at Houston Methodist Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 51 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Houston, TX median of $1,200 is 19% below the national median of $1,481 across 426 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

18 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $40 to $7,573. 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 March 2023 and April 2026. 42 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.

$115
lowest cash price in Houston, TX
University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston · 48 mi
$1,085 below the median
$1,200
median cash price
18 hospitals
51×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
18/60
hospitals with a cash price
42 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston

Galveston · 48 mi · Older file Mar 2023

$115
list $940 · lowest of 5 lines
2
St Luke's Patients Medical Center

Pasadena · 16 mi · File Feb 2026

$624
list $1,784 · lowest of 4 lines
3
Harris Health

Houston · 7 mi · File Mar 2026

$854
list $5,748 · lowest of 4 lines
4
Baylor St Lukes Medical Center

Houston · 7 mi · File Feb 2026

$936
list $2,675 · lowest of 4 lines
5
St Luke's the Woodlands Hospital

The Woodlands · 29 mi · File Feb 2026

$936
list $2,675 · lowest of 4 lines
6
St Luke's Sugar Land Hospital

Sugar Land · 22 mi · File Feb 2026

$936
list $2,675 · lowest of 4 lines
7
Chi St Lukes Lakeside Hospital

The Woodlands · 29 mi · File Feb 2026

$936
list $2,675 · lowest of 4 lines
8
St Luke's Hospital at the Vintage

Houston · 19 mi · File Feb 2026

$936
list $2,675 · lowest of 4 lines
9
Legent North Houston Surgical Hospital

Bellaire · 10 mi · File Mar 2026

$1,200
list $3,565 · lowest of 2 lines
10
Shriners Hospitals for Children

Galveston · 48 mi · File Mar 2026

$3,647
list $3,647
11
Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital

Baytown · 22 mi · File Apr 2026

$4,482
list $8,964 · lowest of 2 lines
12
Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital

Nassau Bay · 23 mi · File Apr 2026

$4,482
list $8,964 · lowest of 2 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 Houston, 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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