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Spinal injection, lower back, with imaging guidance in Chicago, IL-IN costs $376 to $8,188. Here's every hospital's price.

29 hospitals in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area publish a cash price for spinal injection, lower back, with imaging guidance (CPT 62323). We read their files every month so you don't have to.

Across the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, 29 hospitals list a cash price for spinal injection, lower back, with imaging guidance (CPT 62323). The lowest is $376 at Loyola Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, the median is $1,145 and the highest is $8,188 at The University of Chicago Medical Center. The most expensive hospital lists 22 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Chicago, IL-IN median of $1,145 is 9% below the national median of $1,257 across 461 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

32 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $6 to $14,756. 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 2025 and August 2026. 48 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.

$376
lowest cash price in Chicago, IL-IN
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial Hospital · 10 mi
$769 below the median
$1,145
median cash price
29 hospitals
22×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
29/82
hospitals with a cash price
48 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial Hospital

Melrose Park · 10 mi · File Mar 2026

$376
list $1,977 · lowest of 2 lines
2
Loyola University Medical Center

Maywood · 7 mi · File Mar 2026

$455
list $1,977 · lowest of 2 lines
3
Jackson Park Hospital

Chicago · 13 mi · File Dec 2025

$493
list $617
4
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics

Chicago · 12 mi · File Apr 2026

$605
list $2,018 · lowest of 3 lines
5
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange

La Grange · 3 mi · File Apr 2026

$615
list $2,460 · lowest of 2 lines
6
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale

Hinsdale · 5 mi · File Apr 2026

$615
list $2,460 · lowest of 2 lines
7
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Glenoaks

Glendale Heights · 16 mi · File Apr 2026

$615
list $2,460 · lowest of 2 lines
8
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook

Bolingbrook · 14 mi · File Apr 2026

$615
list $2,460 · lowest of 2 lines
9
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - Chicago

Chicago · 16 mi · File Jan 2026

$699
list $2,119 · lowest of 7 lines
10
Northwest Health - Porter

Valparaiso · 43 mi · File Apr 2026

$1,041
list $3,857 · lowest of 3 lines
11
Advocate Trinity Hospital

Chicago · 14 mi · File Nov 2025

$1,145
list $2,290 · lowest of 12 lines
12
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center

Chicago · 16 mi · File Nov 2025

$1,145
list $2,290 · lowest of 16 lines
1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 62323. 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 62323, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."

About spinal injection, lower back, with imaging guidance

CPT 62323 is an epidural steroid injection in the lower back done under fluoroscopic or CT guidance, the standard technique for sciatica and radiating leg pain from a herniated disc or spinal stenosis. It takes 10 to 20 minutes in a procedure room, often as a series of up to three injections.

What the price covers

The hospital's price is the facility fee for the procedure room, imaging equipment, nursing and supplies. The physician, any sedation and sometimes the medication are billed separately. If a series is planned, multiply the total by the number of injections.

Why prices vary

The same injection lists at wildly different prices: hospital outpatient departments commonly charge several times what ambulatory surgery centers and pain clinics charge. Because the injection is elective and often repeated, it is one of the most worthwhile procedures to shop.

Questions to ask

  • What is the self-pay price for 62323 including imaging, and what does the physician add?
  • How many injections are planned, and is there a series price?
  • Can it be done at a pain clinic or surgery center instead of the hospital?

Hospitals in Chicago, IL-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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