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Nerve block injection, lower back, with imaging guidance in Indianapolis, IN costs $115 to $2,390. Here's every hospital's price.

7 hospitals in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, 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 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN metro area, 7 hospitals list a cash price for nerve block injection, lower back, with imaging guidance (CPT 64483). The lowest is $115 at Witham Health Services, the median is $2,216 and the highest is $2,390 at Riverview Health. The most expensive hospital lists 21 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Indianapolis, IN median of $2,216 is 50% above the national median of $1,481 across 426 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

10 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $94 to $6,693. 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 May 2026. 15 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 Indianapolis, IN
Witham Health Services · 25 mi
$2,101 below the median
$2,216
median cash price
7 hospitals
21×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
7/26
hospitals with a cash price
15 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Witham Health Services

Lebanon · 25 mi · File Mar 2026

$115
list $164
2
Hendricks Regional Health

Danville · 21 mi · File May 2026

$196
list $490
3
Eskenazi Health

Indianapolis · 3 mi · File Mar 2026

$1,572
list $1,747 · lowest of 2 lines
4
Johnson Memorial Hospital

Franklin · 22 mi · File May 2026

$2,216
list $2,770
5
Ascension St Vincent Hospital

Indianapolis · 9 mi · File Jan 2026

$2,298
list $3,830 · lowest of 2 lines
6
Ascension St Vincent Carmel

Carmel · 13 mi · File Jan 2026

$2,298
list $3,830 · lowest of 4 lines
7
Riverview Health

Noblesville · 18 mi · File Apr 2026

$2,390
list $3,983
8
Ascension St Vincent Anderson

Anderson · 32 mi · File Jan 2026

9
St Vincent Heart Center

Carmel · 10 mi · File Jan 2026

10
Ascension St Vincent Fishers

Fishers · 15 mi · File Jan 2026

11
Ascension St Vincent Mercy

Elwood · 37 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 Indianapolis, 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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