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Nerve block injection, lower back, with imaging guidance in Sacramento, CA costs $563 to $4,018. Here's every hospital's price.

10 hospitals in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA 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 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro area, 10 hospitals list a cash price for nerve block injection, lower back, with imaging guidance (CPT 64483). The lowest is $563 at Mercy General Hospital, the median is $1,098 and the highest is $4,018 at Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern Calif. The most expensive hospital lists 7.1 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Sacramento, CA median of $1,098 is 12% below the national median of $1,253 across 1152 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

10 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $77 to $23,807. 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 2026 and September 2026. 6 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.

$563
lowest cash price in Sacramento, CA
Mercy General Hospital · 29 mi
$536 below the median
$1,098
median cash price
10 hospitals
7.1×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
10/16
hospitals with a cash price
6 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Mercy General Hospital

Sacramento · 29 mi · File Sep 2026

$563
list $3,047 · lowest of 6 lines
2
Mercy San Juan Medical Center

Carmichael · 19 mi · File Sep 2026

$686
list $3,047 · lowest of 6 lines
3
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento

Sacramento · 32 mi · File Sep 2026

$737
list $3,047 · lowest of 6 lines
4
Woodland Memorial Hospital

Woodland · 43 mi · File Sep 2026

$771
list $3,047 · lowest of 6 lines
5
University of California Davis Medical Center

Sacramento · 29 mi · File Apr 2026

$1,098
list $2,746 · lowest of 2 lines
6
Mercy Hospital of Folsom

Folsom · 11 mi · File Sep 2026

$1,137
list $3,047 · lowest of 6 lines
7
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento

Sacramento · 25 mi · File Apr 2026

$3,366
list $6,010 · lowest of 6 lines
8
Kaiser Foundation Hosp So Sacramento

Sacramento · 31 mi · File Apr 2026

$3,366
list $6,010 · lowest of 3 lines
9
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Roseville

Roseville · 13 mi · File Apr 2026

$3,366
list $6,010 · lowest of 2 lines
10
Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern Calif

Sacramento · 29 mi · File Mar 2026

$4,018
list $4,018 · lowest of 20 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 Sacramento, CA 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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