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Nerve block injection, lower back, with imaging guidance in Pittsburgh, PA costs $123 to $6,473. Here's every hospital's price.

15 hospitals in the Pittsburgh, PA 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 Pittsburgh, PA metro area, 15 hospitals list a cash price for nerve block injection, lower back, with imaging guidance (CPT 64483). The lowest is $123 at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, the median is $1,952 and the highest is $6,473 at Penn Highlands Mon Valley. The most expensive hospital lists 53 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Pittsburgh, PA median of $1,952 is 56% above the national median of $1,253 across 1152 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

16 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $57 to $13,221. 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 February 2026 and April 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.

$123
lowest cash price in Pittsburgh, PA
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh · 5 mi
$1,829 below the median
$1,952
median cash price
15 hospitals
53×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
15/31
hospitals with a cash price
15 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh · 5 mi · File Mar 2026

$123
list $205 · lowest of 4 lines
2
Heritage Valley Beaver

Beaver · 29 mi · File Mar 2026

$524
list $1,941 · lowest of 2 lines
3
Heritage Valley Sewickley

Sewickley · 17 mi · File Mar 2026

$524
list $1,941 · lowest of 2 lines
4
Acmh Hospital

Kittanning · 28 mi · File Mar 2026

$769
list $2,562 · lowest of 2 lines
5
Washington Hospital, The

Washington · 28 mi · File Mar 2026

$903
list $1,506 · lowest of 80 lines
6
UPMC Mercy

Pittsburgh · 7 mi · File Mar 2026

$1,657
list $2,761 · lowest of 4 lines
7
UPMC East

Monroeville · 6 mi · File Mar 2026

$1,935
list $3,225 · lowest of 4 lines
8
UPMC St Margaret

Pittsburgh · 2 mi · File Mar 2026

$1,952
list $3,254 · lowest of 6 lines
9
UPMC Jameson

New Castle · 45 mi · File Mar 2026

$2,675
list $4,458 · lowest of 2 lines
10
UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside

Pittsburgh · 5 mi · File Mar 2026

$2,704
list $4,506 · lowest of 20 lines
11
UPMC Passavant

Pittsburgh · 11 mi · File Mar 2026

$2,758
list $4,596 · lowest of 16 lines
12
UPMC Mckeesport Hospital

Mc Keesport · 8 mi · File Mar 2026

$2,845
list $4,741 · 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 Pittsburgh, PA 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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