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Nerve block injection, lower back, with imaging guidance in Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD costs $255 to $7,437. Here's every hospital's price.

16 hospitals in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area, 16 hospitals list a cash price for nerve block injection, lower back, with imaging guidance (CPT 64483). The lowest is $255 at St Mary Medical Center, the median is $998 and the highest is $7,437 at Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Mercy Fitzgerald. The most expensive hospital lists 29 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD median of $998 is 33% below the national median of $1,481 across 426 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

21 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $26 to $27,015. 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 September 2025 and September 2026. 30 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.

$255
lowest cash price in Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD
St Mary Medical Center · 29 mi
$743 below the median
$998
median cash price
16 hospitals
29×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
16/51
hospitals with a cash price
30 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
St Mary Medical Center

Langhorne · 29 mi · File Mar 2026

$255
list $255 · lowest of 5 lines
2
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital

Camden · 12 mi · File Apr 2026

$467
list $4,666 · lowest of 2 lines
3
Virtua Mount Holly Hospital

Mount Holly · 28 mi · File Apr 2026

$467
list $4,666
4
Virtua Willingboro Hospital

Willingboro · 25 mi · File Apr 2026

$467
list $4,666
5
Lower Bucks Hospital

Bristol · 28 mi · File Sep 2026

$870
list $3,195
6
Roxborough Memorial Hospital

Philadelphia · 11 mi · File Sep 2026

$904
list $3,195 · lowest of 3 lines
7
Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital

Bensalem · 24 mi · File Apr 2026

$912
list $5,627
8
Jefferson Abington Hospital

Abington · 18 mi · File Mar 2026

$998
list $900 · lowest of 2 lines
9
Jefferson Lansdale Hospital

Lansdale · 25 mi · File Mar 2026

$1,020
list $2,200 · lowest of 2 lines
10
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital

Philadelphia · 13 mi · File Dec 2025

$1,044
· lowest of 2 lines
11
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital

East Norriton · 18 mi · File Dec 2025

$1,044
· lowest of 2 lines
12
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Philadelphia · 9 mi · File Mar 2026

$1,045
list $900 · 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 Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD 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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